1. NCSS Theme(s) addressed in the lesson:
a. NCSS Theme 1: Culture; The lesson teaches the students about the factors of nationalism, ethnic conflicts, militarism, imperialism, and chaos of war through 1914-1917.
b. NCSS Theme 2: Time, Continuity, and Change; The lesson displays to students how the world changed during the Great War and the new technological developments in Europe because of the war.
c. NCSS Theme 3: People, Places, and Environment; The lesson allows the students to learn about the worldwide event during the early twentieth century, which involved over 30 countries and changed the world in various political, economic, and social ways.
d. NCSS Theme 5: Individuals, Groups, and Institutions; The students will learn about the various states, ethnic groups, alliance systems, and key individuals that altered the early twentieth century.
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NCSS Theme 6: Power, Authority, and Governance; This lesson lets students learn about balance of power in Europe before the war, the effect of the complex treaty systems, and the decisions of state that lobbied for power during the Great War.
f. NCSS Theme 8: Science, Technology, and Society: This lesson examines the new developments during the Great War’s trench stalemate, which forced engineering to create new war machines and devices.
g. NCSS Theme 9: Global Connections; The lesson addresses the interconnectedness that European states were becoming with their expansive empires that stretched across the whole world.
h. NCSS Theme 10: Civic Ideals, and Practices; The lesson allows the students to see how the totality of the war effect on participation of ordinary citizen activity in the military; initially voluntary, but out of necessity turned to conscriptions.
2. Oklahoma Academic Standards addressed in
a. NCSS Theme 1: Culture; The lesson teaches the students about the factors of nationalism, ethnic conflicts, militarism, imperialism, and chaos of war through 1914-1917.
b. NCSS Theme 2: Time, Continuity, and Change; The lesson displays to students how the world changed during the Great War and the new technological developments in Europe because of the war.
c. NCSS Theme 3: People, Places, and Environment; The lesson allows the students to learn about the worldwide event during the early twentieth century, which involved over 30 countries and changed the world in various political, economic, and social ways.
d. NCSS Theme 5: Individuals, Groups, and Institutions; The students will learn about the various states, ethnic groups, alliance systems, and key individuals that altered the early twentieth century.
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NCSS Theme 6: Power, Authority, and Governance; This lesson lets students learn about balance of power in Europe before the war, the effect of the complex treaty systems, and the decisions of state that lobbied for power during the Great War.
f. NCSS Theme 8: Science, Technology, and Society: This lesson examines the new developments during the Great War’s trench stalemate, which forced engineering to create new war machines and devices.
g. NCSS Theme 9: Global Connections; The lesson addresses the interconnectedness that European states were becoming with their expansive empires that stretched across the whole world.
h. NCSS Theme 10: Civic Ideals, and Practices; The lesson allows the students to see how the totality of the war effect on participation of ordinary citizen activity in the military; initially voluntary, but out of necessity turned to conscriptions.
2. Oklahoma Academic Standards addressed in