This week we will continue to investigate the long-term causes of WWI. Students will be assigned an extensive reading assignment with questions to respond to. We will discuss the "Long Fuse" reading as a group as well. We will break down the MAIN causes of WWI:
-Militarism- A strong build-up of military/arms
-Alliances- Friendships between nations for mutual benefit and promises to defend one another
-Imperialism- The desire to create empires and expand
-Nationalism- Strong to extreme patriotism/pride in your country.
Towards the end of the week we will investigate the "spark" that ignited the First World War:
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 at the hands of Gavrilo Princip and the Black Hand Gang.
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