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Factors in Germany

Germany had been a nation since 1871.
Had ambitions to have colonies and an empire like France and Britain.
Was building up a navy which was a threat to the British Navy.
The monarch Kaiser Wilhelm III spoke of how he wanted Germany to be a great world power.

The Beginning

On 28th June 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia.
Franz Ferdinand was heir to the Austrian throne.
He was killed by a Slav nationalist and student called Gavrio Princip.

Moving to war

Austria-Hungary was concerned about Serb and Slav nationalism.
If Serbs and Slavs broke away the Austro-Hungarian empire might crumble.
Austria threatened to attack Serbia unless they agreed to a range of demands.
Serbia agreed to almost all of these demands.
Austria attacked anyway.

Questions

List the four factors which made Europe ready for war in 1914.
Do each of these apply to Australia today? Explain your answer with examples.
What event triggered World War One?

Pre-war alliances

Countries had alliances to join each other in wars and defend each other against attack.

Triple Alliance
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Italy

Triple Entente
Russia
France
Britain

Origins of war

There were a number of factors which made war likely at this time.

The Alliance system
When one country got into a fight it automatically brought many other countries in also.

The Arms Race
Countries had large standing armies.
These posed a very serious threat.

An Acceptance of War
War was accepted as a legitimate method of getting what your country wanted.
Nations were very proud of their armies and military histories.

Nationalism
Ordinary people took a fierce pride in their country.
Easily turned into hostility towards other countries.
This idea was reinforced in education, newspapers and literature.

Key facts

Went from June 1914 to November 1918
Fighting was mostly in Europe
Countries from around the world fought.
20 million people killed.
21 million people wounded.
Changed the face of Europe.
Set the stage for the start of World War Two.

Related films

There are a number of films that would increase your understanding of World War One.
These are fictional stories but can give you a feeling for the times and the events.
All these titles are available in Australia on DVD.

Gallipoli

1981 Australian film
Two young Australian men enlist and fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War One.

A Very Long Engagement

2004 French film
Has English subtitles
A young woman investigates what happened to her fiancé during the fighting of World War One.

All Quiet On The Western Front

1930 American film
Tells the story of a German soldier during the World War One.

Blackadder Goes Forth

1989 British comedy
Light-hearted look at life in the trenches on the Western Front in World War One.

The coast is produced by the interaction of four natural systems.
Biosphere.
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere

Biosphere
The living world
Vegetation which includes
Spiniflex
Marram grass
These anchor sand and allow sand dunes to form.
Animals which change the coast.
Fish
Birds
People

Lithosphere

The earth’s crust.
Parent rocks erodes to form sand.
Different rocks erode at a different rate.
Variations in the rate of erosion cause bays (where sand is deposited) and rocky outcrops which form cliffs.

Atmosphere

Winds, air and sun.
Drives and blows the sand into dunes or away.
Cause waves and erosion of the rock into sand.

Offshore zone
Nearshore zone
Intertidal zone.
Backshore
Hinterland
The area behind a coast.

Draw and label a cross section.

Teacher reinvents chair to stop class clowns – World – theage.com.au

A British teacher has designed a school chair that is physically impossible to tip backwards in the hopes of getting pupils to sit still, prevent dangerous accidents and give teachers a quieter life.

As I am sure you can image I’d love twenty-six of these in B23.

Direct speech
Exactly what someone said.

Indirect speech
Information about what they said but not the actual words.

Work out if each one is direct and indirect speech?

“Hello” said Fred.
My brother said it was fine with him.
Mr O’Meara told me to “shut up”.
The doctor said I’d be healthy soon.

Turn direct into indirect.

“There can be only one” declared the guy with the Scottish accent.
“You never can tell with bees” said Winnie the Pooh.
“I should be so lucky” sang Kylie.

Turn indirect into direct.

Mr O’Meara said I could leave class.
My mother told me to eat well.
According to my doctor I eat too much chocolate.

Sentences have a structure and different types of words do different things.

The dog chased the cat.
The dog (subject, actor, noun) chased (verb) the cat (object, noun)

If you change the order you change the roles of words and the meaning of the sentence.

The cat chased the dog.
Identify the subject, actor, object and noun.

In an active sentence the subject and actor are the same.
Someone does something.
The cat chased the dog.
The man took the photo.
The girl likes the boy.

In a passive sentence something happens to the subject.
Identify the actor, object and subject in these sentences.
The dog is chased by the cat.
The photo is taken by the man.
The boy is liked by the girl.

Bermuda Triangle – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil’s Triangle, is a region of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean in which a number of aircraft and surface vessels have disappeared in what are said to be circumstances that fall beyond the boundaries of human error or acts of nature.

Coastal Zones

Offshore zone
Nearshore zone
Intertidal zone.
Backshore
Hinterland
The area behind a coast.

Draw and label a cross section.

Four natural systems.

The coast is produced by the interaction of four natural systems.
Biosphere.
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere

Biosphere

The living world
Vegetation which includes
Spiniflex
Marram grass
These anchor sand and allow sand dunes to form.
Animals which change the coast.
Fish
Birds
People

Adjective

Having a hidden or puzzling meaning.

eg. His reply about the egg cup, eighty-three cents and a stick of gum was cryptic.

Definition

Coast: Where the land meets the ocean.
Usually a 3 or 4 kilometre strip.
Coastal: On, near, or associated with the coast.

Why are coasts important?

Coastal regions are about 15% of the earth’s land surface.
Costal regions have 50% of the world’s population.
3.1b people live within 200km of the sea.
75% of the population will live in these regions by 2025.

Example: Europe

Europe has 89,000 km of coastline.
Almost half of the population now lives within 50 kilometres of the sea.
The coastal zone resources produce much of the Union’s economic wealth.
The fishing, shipping and tourism industries all compete for coastal space.

Recently we walked around the school boundary with the talking map and collected data about the coordinates and elevation at various points. In case you missed some of this here is the data and questions.

Coordinates and Elevation

1940
Hitler invades Norway, Denmark (April 9), the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg (May 10), and France (May 12).
Churchill becomes Britain’s Prime Minister.
Battle of Britain: air battle over Britain.

1941
Germany attacks the Balkans and Russia.
Japanese surprise attack on U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbour brings U.S. into World War II
U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan

1942
Manhattan Project established to develop atomic bomb.
Battle of Midway
Battle of Stalingrad
Japanese-Americans held in camps
T-shirt introduced.

1943
Italy Joins the Allies.

1944
Allies invade Normandy on D-Day

1945
Hitler commits suicide (April 30)
Germany surrenders (May 7)
May 8 is declared V-E Day.
August 9 : The United States detonates an atomic bomb nicknamed “Fat Man” over the city of Nagasaki, Japan at 11:02 AM (local time).
Japan signs official surrender on V-J Day (Sept. 2).
United Nations established (Oct. 24).
First electronic computer, ENIAC, built.

The Final Five Years
When was the Battle of Britain?
What year did Adolf Hitler die?
Which two significant battles happened in 1942?

1930
Nazis gain in German elections.
Pluto discovered by astronomers.
Sliced bread available.

1931
President Herbert Hoover starts program to make jobs.
Gangster Al Capone sent to jail for 11 years.

1932
15,000 World War One veterans march in Washington D.C.
Nazis lead in German elections.

1933
End of Prohibition of alcohol
President Franklin D. Roosevelt closed banks temporarily
Hitler appointed Chancellor.
Reichstag fire in Berlin.

1934
Bonnie and Clyde killed by police
Cheeseburger created

1935
Alcoholics Anonymous Founded
Germany Issues the Anti-Jewish Nuremberg Laws
Social Security Enacted in U.S.

1936
Spanish Civil War.
George V dies
Edward VIII becomes king
Soon abdicates.
George VI becomes king.

1937
Japan invades China
Golden Gate Bridge opened.
The Hindenburg disaster.

1938
Hitler marches into Austria
Munich Pact : Britain, France, and Italy agree to let Germany partition Czechoslovakia.

1939
September 1 – WWII: Nazi Germany invades Poland, beginning the Second World War in Europe.
Al Capone released from Alcatraz.

The Thirties

What was the first year you could by sliced bread?
What year did the Second World War start?
Which king died in 1937?