WWI+-+Ashley,+Amy+&+Carl

Our Online Publishing page

Hey guys here is the student handout. Let me know if there is anyhing I need to change.

Okay Amy and Carl: I did the Student Handout (modeled off of amys) and the Teacher Handout, Someone just needs to follow the student directions and create the exemplar. Carl if you could do this, it would be awesome. I think my directions are pretty clear. (Oh and the glogster idea got put in the trash, I think you will like what I have changed it to, it makes more sense for student learning.)

If anyone doesnt like how i have something worded or set up, let me know and I will fix it. Carl please text me ASAP so i know if you can do the exemplar or not, if i do not hear from you, I can do it... Heres all the files

-- I HOPE YOU LIKE IT ALL :) Ashley

ps: I AM CHANGING THE BUBBLES TO SAY PRO US INVOLVMENT AND ANTI US INVOVLEMENT!!! The bubbl got alil rushed b.c i was falling asleep, will fix in the am.

Preassess bubbl.us AMY

Bubble 2

The bubbl's above go into the spaces below. They did not copy over and I did not want to paste them again. Carl

**__ WWI Exemplar for Online Publishing Class project __** Dr. Dietrich 10/24/11 8:00AM Amy Burger, Ashley Smith, Carl Mummert

Prepared below is two bubbl’s that were created to be used as guides for the teacher when helping the students design their own. Following the bubbl’s there is a short essay with some key facts into why the United States became involved in WWI. The bubbl’s listed below are to be used as guides only. The actual bubbl’s created by the teacher and the students will vary on the amount of knowledge the students have before actual instruction as well as depending on the amount of research done by the students throughout the project.


 * __ Beginning Project Bubbl: __**


 * __ Final Project Expanded Bubbl: __**

Dating to the 1890’s through the 1910’s America was ambitiously focused on improving the standards within the country itself. This was most easily seen through the number of reform legislation laws that were passed during the time. It was also an industrious time within the US and also in its foreign policy steps. The US was colonizing a large portion of the Pacific Islands while also maintaining their stance on the Monroe Doctrine, or the updated version named the Roosevelt Corollary, after Teddy Roosevelt stating the US did not want any more territory. These actions along with the strong industrialization movement within the country placed America in a very enviable position both internally and around the globe. When WWI broke out, America took a stance of neutrality, based off of it Isolationist policies that it had been following over the past decade. America saw WWI as a European conflict and did not want to get pulled into a war. For the first 3 years of the war the US did stay out officially, but was in reality becoming more and more involved through its relationship with Britain. The US was sending weapons and supplies to Britain to help them in the war effort. As German U-boats continued to sink any ship they could find, including US ships, the mood in the country began to grow angry against Germany and its Central Powers partners. The sinking of ships cost US lives and greatly affected the economy of the US as its biggest trading partner was Britain and Europe as a whole. Germany also tried to get Mexico to fight on their side and invade America with the promise of returning Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and parts of California to them when the US was defeated. This type of action scared Americans as well as made them made that another country was trying to exert power in the Western hemisphere. These actions lead to the US declaring war on Germany in April of 1917. Even though the US’s stance was one of isolationism and neutrality, the vast majority of people supported the US entering the war. Acts like the Espionage Act helped to keep dissenters quieted as did big businesses support for the war as a means of making supplies needed and good profits from the US government to do it. Even before the US entered the war, businesses and many in government talked about preparedness and the need to be ready not only with men, but with equipment and supplies. These of course were supplied by the same businesses. Detractors of the war said it would cause loss of life as well as the troubles for the families who lost their loved ones and wage earners from the family. Women were particularly outspoken about the war, as this went along with the general outcry for women’s suffrage at the time. Others became anti-involvement when Congress passed the selective service act, the draft. Overall America put together a fighting force of 8 million men and sent over 3 million to fight in the war. In about a year, American direct support lead to an Allied victory and German defeat that would last for less than 20 years.