Education Department

Lesson Plan World War 1

University of Scranton

Volk Ayres

EFND 510

2/27/2017

After completing the heading, please list the following content for
the plan:

Title Causes of World War 1

Subject Area(s) History
Grade Level 10th
Summary of the Lesson Explain the causes of World
War 1 both as aggravators and
igniters of the conflict.
Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.3
Analyze in detail a series of events
described in a text; determine whether
earlier events caused later ones or
simply preceded them.
Essential Questions Can the student describe the
political climate preceding
World War 1?

Can the student identify the

causes of the war?
Objectives Students will be able to identify
the causes of WW1.

Students will be able to relate

the causes to their effects.
Vocabulary: Alliances
Militarism
Colony
Estimated Time 10 minutes, around one minute
per slide, 3 minutes for review.
Materials Required
Procedure
Each professor may choose
to align this section to
his/her content areas.
This section will include
anticipated areas of
differentiated instruction.
Formative Assessment
Student Resources
Accommodations
Assessment
In a succinct way, describe the
step by step format for your
lesson. It is not necessary to
script the lesson. Demonstrate
your knowledge of
differentiation and scaffolding.
You will use the
Before/During/After format.
Discuss the following
components:
BEFORE:
Short overview on WW1, It
was big and bad.
DURING:
Go over individual causes
of the war
AFTER:
See Assessment below
No planned extra resources.
Ask how the conflict would
have occurred had specific
events not been in place.
i.e. what would have been
different without cause A