DIRECTIONS –  Take notes!  Do not rush through the 6 steps below!

1.  Know what is your AP focus (objective).  Go to your Unit Guide For APWH – p. 131.  Review Using the Unit Guide.

2.  TIME MAP

Europe  1914 CE  European nations now rule much of the world, but their rivalries are now leading them into the First World War.

• Ottoman 1914 CE – The Ottoman sultans have maintained the modernizing policies of their predecessors.
• Greece and the Balkans 1914 CE – The Ottoman empire has been driven from most of Europe.
• Germany 1914 CE – The German Empire is the most powerful state within Europe.
• Britain 1914 CE – The British empire is at the height of its power, but it is just about the enter the terrible World War 1.
• East Central Europe 1914 CE – Central Europe remains divided between the Russian, Austro-Hungarian and German empires.
• East Asia: China, Korea, Japan 1871 CE – Japan has successfully modernized, and has gained international status at the expense of China and Korea.
• National Geographic – Interactive Mapping

3.

ASSIGNED TEXTBOOK READING –

• Review Ch 15 – Focus on p. 437 – 441
• Use the following resource:  Textbook Reading Guidelines

4.

Video	Content	Historical Thinking Skills
1st Video	causes of WWI	1B – explaining a historical concept, development, or process

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In this video Heimler walks you through Unit 7 Topic 2 (7.2) of AP World History, which is to say the causes of World War I.

The easiest way to remember the four main causes of the conflict is as follows: MAIN. Militarism refers to the build up of military personnel and weaponry. Alliances are the defensive treaties that several countries entered into. Imperialism caused an awful lot of tension between imperial powers as they raced to claim any available land to establish colonies. Nationalism is a strong identification with one’s own nation, often at the expense of others.

With all of these causes swirling around and mounting, all it took was the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand at the hands of a Serbian nationalist group called the Black Hand, and we had ourselves a world war.

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7.  Movie Time!  Watch and enjoy the following:
List of WW I films

Teacher’s recommendations:
1917 (2019)
The Ottoman Lieutenant (2016)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
Gallipoli (1981)
Flyboys (2006)
Joyeux Noel (2005)
Red Baron (2008)
War Horse (2011)
Legends Of The Fall (1994)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)

The above movies may contain adult material so be sure to watch them with your parents or guardian. Also, be sure to focus on the visual and cultural interpretations that they offer (but be wary and skeptical of the over dramatization and historical inaccuracies that they may also contain).