YEAR 9 HISTORY
Course overview, expectations and introduction
Acknowledgement
of country
We gather today in this special
place to continue our learning
journey together. We acknowledge
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
people as the traditional custodians
of the land upon which we meet.
We pay our respects to the Elders
of the past, present and future and
acknowledge their spiritual
connection to Country.
Being a
Downlander
means…
Reminder:
Phones will be
confiscated without
warning if seen or
heard at all.
Make sure you have
downloaded study
music playlists to your
laptop for times when
you are invited to work
independently with
music via wired
earphones.
Course Overview
Create a title page with topic and assessment details for the first unit of work:
Unit 1 The World at War
- Focus: comparing Australia’s experience with each of the World Wars and
how they changed us as a nation
- Assessment: Exam (essay response to sources), exam block in Week 9 this
term
Add three specific academic goals that you would like to work on History this semester.
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Unit 2 The Post War World
- Focus: Change and continuity in Modern Australia 1945 – present
- Assessment: Research Assignment (essay response to research) written up in exam conditions, EOT
What have you learned so far?
Yr 8 Unit 1: Medieval Europe & Viking Expansion:
- Events, developments, facts and details…
- Possible links to our first unit of work (World at War)…
Yr 8 Unit 2: Making and Transforming a Nation:
- Events, developments, facts and details…
- Possible links to our first unit of work (World at War)…
With all that in mind…
We should be able to identify some possible causes of WWI, which started
at the end of our previous unit of work (1914).
Hypothesise:
• Why do nations go to war?
• Why do you think war broke out between European powers at that time
and why do you think Australia became involved?
• What makes some wars more significant than others? How do we
determine significance?
Time to start the Unit…
Time to start the Unit…
Firstly, consider what you already know about the ‘facts’ of WWI?
(the ‘w’s)
List as many as you can under the heading “WWI – what I think I know”
Then write at least two questions to cover what you need to know
WWI OVERVIEW: 1914 - 1918
Making Notes Meaningful…
• In your workbooks, write down
the essential information
about WWI from the following
slides
• Do this in a way that will help
you to remember the key
points.
• Consider using colour, shapes,
images/drawings and the
spaces on your page in
interesting ways to make the
notes personal and meaningful
to you.
WHEN?
• 1914 – 1918
• Armistice 11 November
1918 – weapons were laid
down at 11 o’clock.
• This is commemorated in
all participating nations
today as Remembrance
Day, also called Armistice
Day.
WHO?
• Triple Alliance (Central Powers – Germany,
Austria-Hungary and Italy) –V- Triple Entente
(Allies – Britain, France, Russia) + their allied
nations
• British Commonwealth nations included
Canada, India, South Africa, Australia and New
Zealand).
• The Ottoman Empire joined the war on the side
of the Central Powers (Germany and Austria-
Hungary) in October 1914
• Italy did not enter the war on the side of their
allies (Central Powers) in 1914 and in fact
entered the war to fight with the Allies in April
1915 after signing the Treaty of London
• The USA entered the war on the side of the
Allies in 1917 and the Russians withdrew from
the war in the same year (due to the
WHERE?
• Mainly in Europe but
also at sea, in the
Middle East and in some
colonial territories
(Africa, Asia and the
pacific).
• See map and info on pp.
232 – 233 of textbook.
WHY?
• Long-term and short-term
causes drew the alliance
system into action
• We will look at this in
more detail next lesson –
what could these letters
stand for and why have I
put them on a stick of
dynamite?
HOW?
• First industrial war that used modern
technology to mass produce weapons of
mass destruction.
• Mainly fought in trenches and but with
outdated ‘mass offensive’ tactics, which
resulted in a huge number of casualties due
to the destructive power of the weapons
being used.
• It was a war of attrition because it was a
race to outlast the other side. This meant
the war dragged out much longer than it
needed to.
• The industrial nature of the war meant that
frontlines could be further from the
homefront because of modern railways,
communications and mass production of
modern resources / supplies (e.g. uniforms,
tinned food, equipment, munitions).
• Survival rates for those who were wounded
were also higher than in previous wars
WHAT?
• The Allies won when
Germany surrendered.
• World War I came to be
known as the “Great War”
due to the numbers of people
and nations involved.
• 60,000 Australians died on
active duty
• 8.5 million killed in total not
including those who died of
injuries after the war
• 57% of men mobilised
became casualties
Consolidating understanding…
Watc Watch this 5-minute
h summary of WWI
Then consolidate your
Cons understanding of the basic terms,
concepts, events and developments
olida of the war by completing the
te vocabulary and cloze activities
provided.
Glue those worksheets into
Glue your workbook
For the Super-fast workers…
• Start watching the documentary
Australians at War Ep. 2 “Who’ll
Come a Fighting the Kaiser with
Me?”
• ClickView is on SchoolBox WWI
Unit Page or Click on image to the
right
• You can also have a go at a Seterra
‘Europe’ quiz to improve your
understanding of the geography of
the war. Link is on Unit Page.
Remember though, that the map of
Europe was different before WWI.
See how it changed here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkp
MEkC1WcI
