You Clearly Address the Objectives

WW1 Presentations Directions: In groups, you will create a presentation of the major battles on the Western Front during WW1. The presentation slides should be detailed since they can be used to study from. Please make sure for each topic  You clearly address the objectives  Include media  Clearly locate the events geographically  Include start and end dates for the major offensives  Please attempt to keep it to one slide per objective

Rubric  Group Presentation Rubric

Source Material  CPE: Chapter 2  BBC: The Great War  WW1: Western Front  WW1: Eastern Front  WW1: Important Battles  First World War: Battle Summaries

The Western Front

Initial Offensives (1914-1915)  Describe the changes made to the Schlieffen Plan  Identify Molke and Kluck  Explain the outcome of the initial German invasion of Belgium and France  Identity and describe the French Taxi Cab Army, Battle of the Marne.  Explain the significance of the Battle of the Marne  Identity and describe the Race to the Sea

Verdun (1916)  Describe location and strategic importance  Identify Falkenayn, Petain  List the goals of the Verdun Offensive  Explain “bleed them [the French] white” “They shall not pass”  List and describe outcomes

Somme (1916)  Describe location and strategic importance  Identify Haig, Petain  List the goals of the Somme Offensive  List and describe outcomes

1917 Offensives  Explain the significance of the Hindenberg Line  Identify the Nivelle Offensives (Goals, Locations, Outcomes [Mutiny])  Identify Cambrai (Goals, Locations, Outcomes [Tanks])  Explain US Entry in the war (Lusitania, Zimmerman Telegram, US Entry)  Describe the closure of the Eastern Front (Bolshevik Revolution, Treaty of Brest- Litovsk)

1918 Offensives  Identify the Ludendorff Offensives, Operation Michael  Explain the Haig’s “Backs against the wall” order  Describe “Storm Trooper” Tactics  Identify the Allied Counter Attack (Foch)  Describe and explain “The Black Day”  Explain why the Germans called for Armistice  List the terms of the Armistice (11/11/18)

Technology  Identify and explain the use of the following types of aircraft: fighters, bombers and airships  Explain the development of chemical warfare (use of gas)  Explain the significance of the machine gun to WWI  Explain each of the following and their effectiveness: trench runners, flags, heliographs and carrier pigeons

The Eastern Front

Initial Offensives (1914-1915)  Describe the Russian Invasion of East Prussia  Explain the impact of the Russian invasion on the Schlieffen Plan  Identify and explain the significance of the battle of Tannenberg  Explain why Turkey entered into an alliance with the Germany  Describe action in the Austrian front in 1915  Evaluate the effectiveness of the Russian army in the initial years of the way

The Russian Steamroller 1916-17  Describe how the Russian war effort changed in 1916  Identify and describe the Brusilov Offensive  Evaluate the effect of the Brusilov Offensive on Germany, Austria, and Russia  Summarize major events on the Balkan Front  Summarize major events on the Italian Front

Gallipoli and the Middle East  Describe the objectives of the Gallipoli Campaign  Describe the first phase of the Gallipoli Campaign  Describe the second phase of the Gallipoli Campaign  Describe the final phase of the Gallipoli Campaign  Evaluate the success of the Gallipoli Campaign

Colonial Warfare  Describe the contribution of British colonial subjects to the war effort (e.g. Anzacs, Indian Troops)  Explain the role that colonies played in the war effort  Describe the conditions faced by non-European forces on the western front  Describe the objectives for the Japanese in WW1  Identify major territorial changes in the Pacific (Japan, New Zealand, Australia)

War at Sea  Explain why control of the seas was seen as vital to both the British and Germans  Describe the German U-Boat warfare  Explain why unrestricted submarine warfare was dangerous  Describe the British distant blockade of Germany  Describe the German submarine blockade  Explain how the British adapted to submarine warfare  Describe the course and outcome of the Battle of Jutland