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Understanding World War I: New Weapons and Medical Challenges

This lesson plan from Mr. Green's U.S. History class at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute focuses on World War I. Students will explore new weapons utilized during the war and discuss the medical problems soldiers faced, such as dysentery and shell shock. The agenda includes analyzing military casualties by country, the impact of mechanized warfare, and the economic toll of the war. Students will engage in independent work to reflect on the conflict's costs—civilian and military casualties, injuries, and economic implications—as they prepare for class discussion and homework assignments.

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Understanding World War I: New Weapons and Medical Challenges

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  1. Welcome! Baltimore Polytechnic Institute January 10, 2011 U.S. History Mr. Green

  2. Agenda/Topics To Be Covered The students will identify the new weapons and the medical problems faced in World War I explaining the impact of new tools of war Announcement: Warm-up Question: Examine the graph on page 408 and answer the following: 1. Which country suffered the greatest number of military casualties in WWI? 2. What might account for the relatively low number of American casualties in WWI?

  3. American Power Tips the Balance Ch. 11 Sec. 2 pgs. 402-408 Fighting “Over There” Many new soldiers (doughboys) were impressed with the sights and sounds of Paris New Weapons 1. Big Bertha-German cannon that shot up to 75 miles 2. zeppelins-dropped bombs on English coastal towns, to big and slow 3. Machine guns-fired 600 rounds per minute 4. Poison gas-gas masks became standard 5. Tanks 6. Planes 7. Scout ballons

  4. Medical Care during the war Soldiers experienced dysentery, lice, rats, and polluted water, lack of sleep, shell shock Trench foot Trench mouth

  5. The Collapse of Germany November 3, 1918 German soldiers refused to fight (mutinied) Kaiser abdicated his thrown Socialist called Germany a republic 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918-cease fire to WWI or armistice

  6. Independent Work Answer the following questions and submit for a class-work grade. 1. What new weapons of mechanized warfare threatened those in combat? 2. What did the war cost in terms of the number of a. civilian deaths? b. military deaths? c. injuries? d. refugees? 3. What were the estimated economic costs?

  7. Exit Ticket/Homework WWI War Chart-begin in class.

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