American Studies - Weekly Class Details

Week 12: November 4 - November 8

Day

Topic

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In Class Today

Honors Assignment

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The Spark

Weapons of WWI

Schlieffen Plan

“The Spark” and “Military Alliances were distributed as a warm-up. A short clip on the Archduke’s assassination was viewed. We created a timeline of war declarations and identified the Central Powers, Allies and neutral nations

A powerpoint was viewed which introduced the weapons of WWI.

Weapons.key Weapons.ppt

The class viewed a clip from “The Great War” detailing the Schlieffen Plan. “The Battle of Tannenberg” was then completed and collected. A five minute clip followed

Complete Warm-ups

Complete Weapons worksheets

Essay

None

The Spark.pdf

Military Alliances.pdf

Poison Gas.pdf

Tanks.pdf

Technology V Tactics Essay.pdf

The Battle of Tannenberg.pdf

Declarations of War

Weapons