World War I – A New Kind of War
Byron Hastings
Florence High School
Florence, Arizona
Objective: Trace the causes, effects and events of WWI, including:
Level C (Choose
activities up to 70 points)
____ Copy notes and complete study guide (5 pts.)
____ Create a timeline of events leading up to and during WWI (10 pts.)
____ Add pictures/drawings of the events to the timeline (10 pts.)
____ Complete a map showing Allied, Central, and Neutral Powers (5 pts.)
____ Create a list and description of new weapons used during WWI (5 pts.)
____ Read Ch. 23 and complete “Using Key Terms” and “Reviewing Key Facts”
at the end of the chapter (10 pts.)
____ Create a series of 3 journal entries describing trench warfare (10 pts.)
____ Make a chart or graph showing each country’s loss of life during the war (10 pts.)
____ Create a propaganda poster for either side, Allied or Central Powers (10 pts.)
____ Draw a diagram depicting the Western Front, Battle of the Marne, Verdun, etc.
(5 pts.)
____ Identify and describe the following personalities of WWI: Otto von Bismarck,
Woodrow Wilson, Tsar Nicholas II, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Gravilo Princip,
Vladimir Lenin, Alexander Kerensky, Georges Clemenceau, Leon Trotsky,
Lawrence of Arabia (10 pts.)
____ Outline Ch 23, noting key events and people of WWI (5 pts.)
____ Prepare a 5 minute
presentation regarding one key figure from WWI (5 pts.)
Level B (Choose
one activity for 15 points)
____ Research the various innovations in warfare implemented during WWI. Write a 2
page report in which you discuss these innovations and the consequences of their
use. (15 pts.)
____ Prepare a lecture in which you explain the rise of European nationalism and how it
contributed to the conflict. (15 pts.)
____ Create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses the Russian Revolution. Include
the following: a timeline which chronicles the events leading up to the revolution,
an overview of important personalities associated with the revolution, and a
discussion of how the revolution affected the outcome of WWI.
(15 pts.)
____ Create a diorama that displays one of the following: the Western Front, weapons of
WWI, the Russian Revolution, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
(15 pts.)
Level A (Choose
one activity for 15 points)
____ Create a WWI portfolio that explains the following via visual and print media:
various causes of the war, major battles, aspects of U.S. involvement, and
the end of the war, including the Treaty of Versailles and Wilson’s 14 points.
(15 pts.)
____ With a partner, develop a two-sided debate over one of the following topics: