Learning Target:
I can describe the events that led the United States into World War I, & I can analyze the war’s impact on American society.

Activities:

• Complete your World War I reading annotations.

• Watch the America in World War I video.
• Analyze the World War resources collected here.

• Demonstrate your understanding of the social, political, and economic impacts of World War I on the American home front. You may write an essay, create a poster, build a presentation, or film a video. You must, however, include details about the following:

Committee on Public Information, Espionage Act of 1917, Sedition Act of 1918, Schenck v. United States, War Industries Board, 19th Amendment, Great Migration, National War Labor Board, Food Administration, Selective Service Act

Learning Targets:

• I can describe the events that led the United States into World War I, & I can analyze the war’s impact on American society.
  
• I can describe Wilson's vision for world peace, & I can analyze the opposing points of view that emerged in the United States.
  

Critical Vocabulary:
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Central Powers, Allied Powers, U-boat, Lusitania, Sussex Ultimatum, Election of 1916, Charles Evans Hughes, “peace without victory,” unrestricted submarine warfare, Zimmerman Telegram, Committee on Public Information, George Creel, Food Administration, Herbert Hoover, Fuel Administration, War Industries Board, Bernard Baruch, National War Labor Board, Espionage Act of 1917, Sedition Act of 1918, Industrial Workers of the World, Eugene V. Debs, William D. Haywood, Schenck v. U.S., Oliver Wendell Holmes, “clear and present danger,” American Expeditionary Force, General John Pershing, “doughboys,” Battle of the Argonne Forest, Fourteen Points Address, Big Four, League of Nations, League Covenant, collective security, “war-guilt” clause, reparations, Treaty of Versailles, Henry Cabot Lodge, “reservationists,” “irreconcilables,” “Lodge Reservations”