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World War I

For today's work we will be using internet search engines in order to help us find RELIABLE websites to teach us about World War I

1) **Analyze Quotes:** //History’s Voices: “Decree on Land” by Lenin// - Find this primary source online and analyze it to answert the following two questions:
 * **Summarize** the quote in your own words
 * **Evaluate** Lenin’s point of view on ownership of land.


 * 2) Read and take notes** on //The Formation of the Soviet Union// using the **two column notes** method. You can either do this in your virtual notebook or you can put it in your binders.
 * **Identify** how the Russian Revolution changed Russia’s role in World War I
 * **Analyze** why the Red Army was victorious over the White Army
 * **Summarize** What factors led to the creation of the Soviet Union
 * **Predict** How do you think those factors will contribute to world events in the coming years?

3) Go into en.wikipedia.org and look up "ship Lusitania"
 * Explain the significance of the ship in terms of bringing the United States into World War I

4) **Read and take notes** on the end of the fighting in World War I - @http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Conditions_of_an_Armistice_with_Germany
 * **Identify** the causes and effects of the US entry into the war on the Germans, and on the allies.
 * **Analyze** how US entry played a role in helping to demoralize the Germans

5) **Read and take notes** on the Treaty of Versailles which ended World War I Treaty of Versailles
 * **Identify** on each of the branches of the web one of the four major allied countries: United States France Great Britain Italy
 * **Explain** what each country hoped to get from a peace agreement.
 * **Predict** which country would gain the most from a peace agreement, supporting with historical evidence
 * **Predict** which country SHOULD gain the most from a peace agreement, based upon the suffering of its people.

6) **Identify** why the Treaty of Versailles was not a fair treaty and summarize in a short paragraph