Use your time in the computer lab to complete this webquest. At the end, you have a culminating question and a place to list your sources. Email me this document (make sure it is saved as .doc, ask me if you need help) when you are finished at :
Put your last name in the subject.
Area 1 : Choosing sides and war plans:
1.
- List the Allied Powers:
- List the Central Powers
- List the neutral countries?
- What were the central and the allies called before the war? (their alliances)
2. Which side did the United States eventually join? Why?
3. Which country switched sides just before the war started? Why?
4. Review: what were the four long term causes of the war?
5. What was the spark! that led to the immediate cause of World War I?
6. Who was General Schlieffen, and what was his plan for World War I? What was his country trying to avoid by implementing this plan
Area 2 : Weapons of War:
1) List and describe 5 weapons introduced in World War I. Be sure to explain their effectiveness and how they were used?
2) What is Propaganda? What were four reasons propaganda posters were used?
3) What nation produced the most posters throughout WWI?
Find a picture of each of the five weapons that you chose. Copy and paste them below.
Find two propaganda posters from WWI. Copy and paste them below. Explain which country each one is from and the intended purpose.
Area 3: Life in the Trenches:
1) What is trench foot? What caused trench foot?
2) What affects did it have on the body? What was the remedy for it?
3) What kind of pests were found in trenches?
3) What was No Man's Land?(Please be sure to describe at least three distinct features)
4) What were the effects of the trenches on the people who fought in them?
Find four pictures that you think represent life in the trenches. Copy and Paste them below.
Area 4: America enters the War:
1) What was the Lusitania? What is the significance of the Lusitania in the War? How many people diedand were there any Americans on board?
2) How many Allied and Neutral ships were lost to submarines in 1917? How many total number of Alliedand Neutral ships were sunk by submarines between1914-1918? (Scroll down...it's there!)
3) What is the Zimmerman telegram and who wrote it? Why did Americans feel threatened by thistelegram?
Area 4: Death and Destruction
1)How many people died in the war?
2)What counties had the most causalities? What percentage of their population did these numbers represent?
3)What was the monetary cost of the war?
Find three pictures that you believe represent the death and destruction of the war and copy and paste them below.
Final Questions:
Pick one topic that you discovered during your research and find out a little more about it. Describe your findings below.
Why do you think WWI was called the war to end all wars? Answer this in a paragraph with evidence to support.
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