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Syllabus |
Links Used in Class |
| Date |
Topic |
Readings & Assignments |
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Monday
13 Jan 14
|
Introduction |
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| Wednesday 15 Jan 14 |
Background on World War I |
Read pages 1-29 |
| Friday 17 Jan 14 |
Causes of World War I |
Read pages 41-45 The Anglo-Russian Entente Proclamation of the Young Turks |
| Monday 20 Jan 14 |
Outbreak of hostilities |
Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination The Constitution of the Ujedinjenje ili Smrt Speech by the Canadian Prime Minister |
| Wednesday 22 Jan 14 |
Recruitment |
Read pages 57-64 Misc. articles, letters & posters |
| Friday 24 Jan 14 |
Test #1 |
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| Monday 27 Jan 14 |
Letters from the trenches |
Read pages 65-68 |
| Wednesday 29 Jan 14 |
Gallipoli, Verdun, and the Somme |
Read pages 68-73 Photos of the battlefields, then & now |
| Friday 31 Jan 14 |
New military technologies |
Read pages 47-49, 103-06 Account of the U-9 Submarine Attack "Air Warfare" “12 Technological Advancements of World War I” |
| Monday 3 Feb 14 |
The Eastern & Italian Fronts |
Read pages 74-80, 83-84 |
| Wednesday 5 Feb 14 |
Wartime atrocities |
Read pages 85-92 |
| Friday 7 Feb 14 |
Test #2 |
Study! |
| Monday 10 Feb 14 |
Poetry |
Read pages 54-56, 92-93, 97-98, 101, 125-27 |
| Wednesday 12 Feb 14 |
Artwork |
War Drawings by Muirhead Bone |
| Friday 14 Feb 14 |
WWI & the U.S.A. |
Sinking of the Lusitania The Zimmerman Telegram The Espionage Act (Handout) |
| Monday 17 Feb 14 |
Women’s Work in Wartime |
Read pages 94-97, 98-100, 106-08 Edith Cavell On Postcards University women’s contributions (Handout) |
| Wednesday 19 Feb 14 |
Protesting the war effort |
“The Peace Movement and Some Misconceptions” (Handout) “What Roosevelt Says About Wisconsin” (Handout) |
| Friday 21 Feb 14 |
Test #3 |
Study! |
| Monday 24 Feb 14 |
Impact of World War I on the Middle East |
Read pages 140-143 |
| Wednesday 26 Feb 14 |
Nationalism as a result of war |
Read pages 109-13 Proclamation of the Irish Republic The Coup d'État in Prague |
| Friday 28 Feb 14 |
Shell Shock and other casualties |
Read pages 117-25, 128-29 |
| Monday 3 Mar 14 |
Armistice & Peace |
Read pages 130-37 Speech on the Fourteen Points Primary Source Analysis Worksheets Due |
| Wednesday 5 Mar 14 |
Test #4 |
Study! |
| Friday 7 Mar 14 |
Propaganda Paper Due via e-mail |
