Lesson on Wednesday, March 7, 2018

WORLD WAR I

Aim: As the United States became a major power on the world stage, what ideas and interests did policymakers seek to promote in international affairs?

Bell Ringer: What sparked WWI? vs What were the causes of WWI? 

Agenda:

1. War Industries Board (WIB)(WXT): directed military production, National War Labor Board (NWLB)(WXT): eight-hour work day, time-and-a-half pay for overtime workers, equal pay for women, introduced daylight saving time to conserve coal and oil. 

The Railroad Administration: seized control of of the nation's hodgepodge of private railroads, seeking to facilitate rapid movement of troops and equipment. 

The Food Administration: nearly doubled the acreage of grain, allowed a threefold rise in food exports to Europe. 

Committee on Public Information (CPI): PROPAGANDA! 

2. Analyze the societal implications of WWI, particularly the curbing of civil liberties, including restrictions on speech: 

Sedition Act of 1918 (NAT) / limited Freedom of Speech (Schenk vs. United States (1919)

3. The Great Migration (MIG): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak1Uk8-3EE8 (5 min) / Economic growth of WWI led to a northward migration of blacks in search of better economic opportunities.

4. Women Riveters (CUL): the 19th Amendment.

Journal 116 - What were the different effects of African Americans', Mexican Americans, and women's civilian mobilization during WWI? (10 min)

J116 / A: Jobsin war industries drew thousands of people to the cities, including immigrants and African Americans. For the first time, jobs in heavy industry opened to African Americans. during WWI, more than 400,000 African American moved to cities such as Chicago, St. Louis, New York, Detroit. Job opportunities prompted Mexican Americans to leave rural areas to seek jobs in the urban industrial sector. Women were the largest group to take advantage of wartime employment opportunities. About on million women joined the paid labor force for the first time, while another eight million gave up low-wage service jobs for higher-paying industrial work. Though most people expected these jobs to return to men in peacetime, the war created a new comfort level with women's work outside the home. Another one of WWI's positive legacies was women's suffrage. 

5. Fourteen Points (POL), League of Nations (WOR), Treaty of Versailles (WOR), Israel inside Palestine, 

6. Complete the Fourteen Points handout (rest of class)


Terms to know: Remember the Maine, Teller Amendment, Platt Amendment, Open Door Policy, Boxer Rebellion, Panama Canal, Roosevelt Corollary, Zimmermann telegram, War Industries Board, National War Labor Board, Committee on Public Information, Sedition Act of 1918, Great Migration, Fourteen Points, League of Nations, Treaty of Versailles. 



Home Learning:

1. Chapter 21 IDs, due tomorrow! 

2. Chapter 21 Vocabulary Quiz, tomorrow! 

3. WWI Exam: Friday, March 9, 2018

3. You can find documents associated with the debates and decisions around the Treaty of Versailles at http://firstworldwar.com/source/1919.htm