HOTA Assignments 9/29-10/9

Due Monday, 9/29
Chapter Three
On Friday you were assigned a country to read about in Chapter 3. Make sure you have read it.
Great Britain: pg. 32-35
France: pg. 35-37
Germany: pg. 37-38
Russia: pg. 38-40

Due Tuesday, 9/30
Monday’s work will be continued. Be prepared.

Due Wednesday, 10/1
Chapter Seven
Read pgs 96-103 and be prepared to discuss. You will answer questions in class on the reading. Answers will be checked on Thursday.

Due Thursday, 10/2
Chapter Eight
Read pgs. 105-111 and answer the follow questions:
1. What was the Schlieffen Plan?
2. How did the Allies counter the success of the Schlieffen Plan?
3. Describe the battlefronts of the war in 1915 & 1916.
4. List Japan’s actions in Asia at this time.
5. What was happening on the Arabian Peninsula?
6. List the unusual locations of troops around the world at this time.
7. Why was WWI a total war?
8. Briefly describe the war on land and troop conditions.
9. List the new weapons that were invented.

Due Friday, 10/3
Read pgs. 111-118 and answer the following questions:
10. Outline, briefly, the war at sea.
11. How did the people back at home support the war effort?
12. What was the decisive point of the war?
13. How did the restarting of unrestricted sub warfare impact Britain?
14. What happened to Tsar Nicholas & Russia?
15. How did the war end?
16. What were the human and economic costs of the war?

Due Monday, 10/6
Be prepared to discuss World War I

Due Tuesday 10/7-Thursday 10/9
Primary sources on World War I in class