Week 17

Geography
Rivers East memory jog:  OH LAWRENCE! You MISSed the MISSISSIPPI ARK!
Ohio, St. Lawrence, Missouri, Mississippi, Arkansas


All about Rivers

History Supplements
Last surviving WWI Vet
MAP OF WWI
History Channel-Lusitania
INDEPTH lesson plan if you want to go much deeper!
The Lusitania - reading
The Lusitania Video documentary
President Woodrow Wilson- video clipWoodrow WIlson Timeline important dates
Woodrow Wilson Coloring Page

Math
Circles: Radius, Diameter and Circumference- Khan has a beautiful way of explaining math

Science Thanks to Brandie at http://halfahundredacrewood.blogspot.com/
Boron Video
Carbon Video
Nitrogen Video
Oxygen Video
COOL EXPERIMENTS!

Youtube video of cute kid with Periodic Table Song
Periodic Table Game
History Highlights Q&A Week 17 pdf

Name  _______________________

1.  Who was President during World War I ?__________________________
2.  True or False  Woodrow Wilson was sneaky, dishonest and tried to trick people?

3.  When World War I broke out how did most Americans feel about it?  ___________________
4.  What was the first major event that happened and turned many Americans against Germany?  _______________
5.  Did President Wilson want to go to war immediately or did he try to make peace with Germany?  ___________________________________________
6. When Wilson was negotiating with Germany, what did he persuaded them to do ?   _________________________________________
7. When the Germans resumed their unrestricted submarine warfare against all merchant ships  including American ships, what did Wilson do?  _________________________________________________________
8.  Who were the German’s plotting  to get to go to war with the U.S. __________________________________
9.  What final event enraged the Americans into declaring war?_____________________________________________________
10.  Did Wilson make the decision to declare war on his own or ask Congress?______________________________________


Answers
1.  Woodrow Wilson
2.  False
3.  Americans wished to remain neutral and stay out of the war.
4.  German U-boats sinking the Lusitania
5.  He tried to negotiate with Germany rather than go to war.
6.  He persuaded them not to allow their submarines to attack neutral passenger ships.  
7.  Wilson immediately broke off diplomatic relations with Germany.
8.  Mexico
9.   The Germans sank 5 American ships.  
10.  He asked Congress.

TIMELINE OF WWI  American Involvement 
April 2, 1917
President Woodrow Wilson appeals to Congress for a declaration of War on Germany; his reasons are:
German U-boat activity
The Lusitania disaster
The Zimmerman Note
To help the British
To make the world “safe for Democracy”
April 4, 1917
The Senate votes in favor of war
April 6, 1917
The House votes in favor of war
May 1, 1917

32 cantonments and camps built to house and train the soldiers.

Army Expansion Act: the 200,000-man army is expanded to 4,791,172.

Each camp cost $40,000 for a total of $262 million.

2,800,000 men drafted into the army (Selective Service Act

May 19th)

42 Divisions sent to France, 2,084,000 men.

September 17, 1917

Work begins on 14 Points of Light

October 23, 1917

Americans moved to front

November 3, 1917

First Americans killed by Germans. Belong to the 1st American Division

November 21, 1917

Inter-Allied Conference held in Paris, finds:

Americans to be a separate army and separate command

General Pershing will lead the American Expeditionary Force

US will contribute 1 million soldiers and 1 division of battleships

Created standing committees for productions, transport, finance

January 8, 1918

President Woodrow Wilson announces 14 points of Light in a speech

January 15, 1918

Battle of Ansauville, 1st US Division

February 26, 1918

8 US soldiers die from a German gas attack

March 3, 1918

Brest-Litovsk Treaty signed, Russia withdraws from the war

Wilson assumes Lenin is a German agent

March 21, 1918

Ludendorff Offensive- Germans shift 40 divisions from the East to the

West front

British line breaks at St. Quentin, lose 40 miles of ground.

May 28, 1918

Battle of Cantigny, American Expeditionary Force holds, turning point

June 4, 1918

Chateau Thierry retaken, 1st battle that the AEF plays a pivotal role

July 15, 1918

2nd Battle of the Marne begins, Allies counterattack

AEF takes 15,000 prisoners at St. Mihiel

October, 1918

Battle of the Argonne

Sergeant Alvin C. York kills 25, takes 132 prisoners, wins Medal of Honor

November 11, 1918

Cease-Fire signed, war ended

Reading Supplement

War Stories, Dowswell. 

Hero Over Here, Kudlinski. RA:1-6; R:4-6 

A Father’s Promise, Hess. 

Raoul Wallenburg, Linnea. 

After the Dancing Days, Rostkowski. R2-6 

Sergeant York & the Great War, York & Skeyhill. 

When Christmas Comes Again (World War 1, 1917). Gr.4-9