WWI Mini-BUNDLE. Main Causes of World War I: Notes, DBQ, Presentation & more

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This Guided Notes, Presentation & DBQ, Guided Inquiry worksheets will help students explore and assess the multi-faceted and overlapping causes of World War I. It uses the traditional M-A-N-I-A acronym for Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, & Assassination as an organizational tool.

Students will also investigate and analyze:

1. quotes by key leaders, including the aggressiveness of Kaiser Wilhelm II, and the surprising militarism of Winston Churchill,
2. statistics that show the military build-up of nations before World War I,
3. political cartoons and images from the era,
4. a short map activity on the worksheets and a longer map analysis of nationalism and imperialism in the presentation,
5. some of the key alliances between major European powers,
6. the chronology of events just before the outbreak of war.

The main learning objectives are for students to be able to:

1. use the MANIA acronym to identify the five main causes of World War 1
2. explain how these forces each contributed to the start of the war
3. interpret maps and infographics to understand the causes of WWI
4. identify the key figures in or behind the conflict.

The presentation is in Google Slides format and the worksheets are PDFs. Any edits, additions, or enhancements made to a product within the store will be freely updated to all purchasers of the product.