Session Number
B-2
Grade Level
Grade Levels: MS/HS
Start Date
4-3-2016 9:35 AM
End Date
4-3-2016 10:35 AM
Description
This presentation will guide attendees through the complicated and often misrepresented ideas that have formed around understanding why it is that World War I started the way that it did. The focus will be mostly on the military and technological elements. Participants will be ready to teach the topic when they leave, and it suits US and World History teachers (and middle school).
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Commons, Military History Commons, Teacher Education and Professional Development Commons
Session B-2: Why World War I? Being Intelligent about the Causes
This presentation will guide attendees through the complicated and often misrepresented ideas that have formed around understanding why it is that World War I started the way that it did. The focus will be mostly on the military and technological elements. Participants will be ready to teach the topic when they leave, and it suits US and World History teachers (and middle school).