WWIDay 3

We are doing class a little differently today. Please find your laptop and sit at a place

where you can see the board.

Think about it• What are our some of our modern warfare weapons?

Essential Question• How did technological advances of WWI impact the industrial

world?

WWI was a bunch of Firsts• WWI Firsts

Trench Warfare• Heavy fighting took place along the Western Front.• 600 mile stretch from English Channel to Switzerland.• Trench Warfare: troops dug trenches along the front.• Very little ground was gained by either side in this way, and

many were killed.

Automatic Machine Gun• Mounted gun that fires a rapid, continuous stream of bullets.• Made it possible for a few gunners to mow down waves of

soldiers.

Submarine• Also known as a “U Boat.”• Underwater ship that can launch torpedoes, or guided underwater

bombs.• Used by Germany to destroy Allied ships.• Subs attacks helped bring the U.S. into the war.

Airplane• One or two seat propeller plane equipped with machine gun

or bombs.• At first mainly used for observation.• Later flying “aces” engaged in air combat.

The “Red Barron”• Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von

Richthofen• Ace Pilot• 80 air victories• Richthofen was fatally wounded just

after 11 a.m. on 21 April 1918

Hydrogen gas…is different from helium we use today• Blimp Fail (the Hindenburg)

Poison Gas, Gas Mask• Gases that cause choking, blinding, or sever skin blisters.• Gas masks can protect soldiers from poison gas.• Lobbed into enemy trenches, killing or disabling troops.• Gas Masks lessened the importance of poison gas.

Tank• Armored vehicle that travels on a track and can cross many

kinds of land.• Protected advancing troops as they broke through enemy

defenses.• Early tanks were slow and clumsy.

Tank Clip• Tanks

Modern Tank• modern tank

Journal

How did technology change war?

Share your notes from today’s class and your answer to the question above with me – espringer@ncmcs.net