World War I

22 million casualties.

World War I trenches high in the Vosges Mountains. On the border of France and Germany (Alsace).




Handouts: Life in the Trenches, Intro and Review, Treaty of Versailles and World War I work, ...


PowerPoints: Alliances, World War I, Treaty of Versailles, ...


Helpful websites: BBC, PBS Maps, ...




World War I cemetery in France

Mr. Milo standing above the Alsatian valley.

Essential Questions for World War I:

1. What factors lead to warfare?
2. Who was responsible for World War I?

3. To what extent was World War I a "new type of war"?

4. Is war preventable? What about global war?

5. How did the Treaty of Versailles open a path to World War II?

1800s and Revolutions

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Industry! Imperialism! Nationalism!


PowerPoints: 1800s Ads Examples, Italian/German Unification, Capitalism and Socialism, ...

Handouts: Industrial Revolution part 1,  Early Industry, 1800s Essentials, Important Questions, Gunga Din and Man Who Would Be King Questions, Advertisement Assignment, Maximum Imperialism, 1800s Essay, ...

Websites:  Ems Telegram,...

Essential Questions:
1. How does the Congress of Vienna's attempt to "turn the clock back" fail to solve problems in the 1800s?
2. Why is Britain the first to industrialize and ...
3. How does industry change the lives of Europeans, as well as others around the world?
4. How does Europe exploit the rest of the world?
5. How does nationalism help erupt change all over Europe?
6. How will nationalism, industrialization and imperialism lead to world war?

Pictured: Mr. Milo and host Xhevdet in front of Xhevdet's school in Kosovo. Immense nationalism still exists in this region of Europe, where Albanian and Serbian relations are quite tense.