Lesson Two, WWI: Declaration of War

For today's class, we utalized two different maps to show the changes between the boundaries of European countries on a current map and a map of Europe in 1914. On those maps we located the major players involved in WWI and where the Eastern and Western Front existed.

To begin class, we viewed and discussed the propaganda used to incite patrotic feelings within each country. Such as this poster used in America to bring about feelings of disgust toward Germany.



During the lecture portion of the class, we talked about Germany's plans for mobilization and those events that led to each country declaring war.

At the end of class, we added all important dates to our classroom timeline.

For homework this evening, I've assigned the first chapter of All Quiet on the Western Front which I handed out in class. A PDF file of all chapters that will be distributed can be accessed through Blackboard under Assignments. Students have also been asked to write a brief response, using the chapter and their notes from the lecture, in their class blogs.