For
the official program
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For
the international Section
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August 1914 : Outbreak of the war
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August 1914 : DORA*
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September 1914 : Battle of the Marne
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December 1914 : German raid on Scarborough
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Late 1914- Early
1918 : Stalemate
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From April 1915 : Armenian genocide in the Ottoman
Empire
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April 1915 : Gallipoli Battle
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February-December
1916 : Battle of
Verdun
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1916 : Military Service Act*
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July- November 1916
: Battle of the
Somme
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February and October
1917 : Russian
revolutions
December 1917 : Russian Armistice
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April 1917 : The United States declared war on
Germany
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November 1918 : Revolutions in Austria-Hungary
and in Germany
11 November 1918 : Armistice : End of WW1
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June 1919 : Treaty of Versailles
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1919 : Right to vote for women over 30
y.o. in the UK
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25
April : ANZAC day
DORA : Defense Of the Realm Act : law passed in August 1914 to limit freedoms in the UK because of the War
Military Service Act : Before that law in the UK, men had to enlist (= to be volunteer) to become soldier
Propaganda poster : the different targets of propapanda poster (to recruit soldiers [Until 1916] + to convince people that the it is a just war + to encourage people to give money to pay wepons and (especially for women) to work in war factories
What you must know :
-
The
different phases of WW1
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Vocabulary
to describe trenches + what were the conditions of life in the trenches
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To
explain why WWI was a ‘total war’
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To
explain why the Home front played an important role in the war
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The
number of soldiers killed during WW1, Which countries had the most casualties
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The
new map of Europe in 1919 : new frontiers of Germany, new countries
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Why
the treaty of Versailles was considered as a humiliation by Germany
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Who
Lenin, Clemenceau, Wilson, Lloyd George were.
Testimonies about
WW1:
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An
example of a soldier’s diary : Billy Congreve
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Examples
of novels about World War I :
o
Erich
Maria Remarque, All quiet on the Western
Front (1929)
o Humphrey COBB, Path of Glory,
(1937)
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Examples
of a film about World War I :Paths of Glory (1957=
