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March 20 th , 2013 CW 8.5: Effects of WWI Document Analysis and Thesis Page 1

Analyze the following documents using the guiding questions and then write a thesis on the following prompt:

Describe the Effects of WWI

Document 1

1. What major ideas can you pull from this map?


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Document 2

National aspirations must be respected; people may now be dominated and governed only bytheir own consent. "Self-determination" is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of

action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril. This war had its roots in thedisregard of the rights of small nations and of nationalities which lacked the union and theforce to make good their claim to determine their own allegiances and their own forms of political life. Covenants (Agreements) must now be entered into which will render such thingsimpossible for the future; and those covenants must be backed by the united force of allnations that love justice and are willing to maintain it at any cost...

excerpt from speech by Woodrow Wilson to CongressFeb.11, 1919

1. Who is the author? 2. What is his/her purpose in writing this

document?

3. What is the major topic of this document? 4. What are 2-3 important ideas of this document?

5. What are the sides of the issue? 6. What side is the author on?


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Document 3

Every man becomes civilized between the ages of 18 and 23. If he does not go through acivilizing experience at that time of his life, he will not become a civilized man. The men who

went to war at 18 missed the civilizingAll you young people who served in the war are a lo stgeneration. You have no respect for anything. You drink yourselves to death.

Gertrude Stein on the American expatriatewriters living in Paris after World War I

1. Who is the author? 2. What is his/her purpose in writing this

document?




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Document 4

What does the Day of National Mourning mean today? Floods of tears for the fallen. Are weto remain pacifist forever and live forever on the Treaty of Versailles? The British pay homage

to Shakespeare and swear on the Bible, but they keep battleships to rule the seas. Theirhypocrisy should be unmasked before our people.....We cannot capture our political powerwithout our movement and without a reawakening in Germany; without that we cannot bringthe Germanic peoples together or secure our people's lebensraum...As I have alreadyexplained to you, we are interested neither in a civil war not in a military showdown with ourneighbors.

Excerpt from speech made by Hitler after World War I

1. Who is the author?2. What is his/her purpose in writing this

document?




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Part V: Thesis Writing (5 minutes)

Write a thesis on the following prompt:

What were the effects of WWI?

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The following rubric describes how your thesis will be scored:

Thesis Rubric 0 1 2

AssertionThesis does not contain anassertion.

Thesis contains a statementthat responds to the promptbut it is not arguable.

Thesis contains an arguablestatement that responds to theprompt.

Causes

Thesis contains 1 or fewer

causes and effects of theRussian Revolution of 1917

Thesis contains 2 causes and

effects of the RussianRevolution of 1917

Thesis contains 3 or more

causes and effects of theRussian Revolution of 1917

Examples/Explanations

One or fewer of the effects of WWI is explained or has anexample.

Two of the effects of WWI areexplained or have examples.

Three or more of the effects of WWI are explained or haveexample.

Partner Eval. Score What evidence do you see for this score?

Assertion

Causes

Ex./Explanations

Documents

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