Topic: Causes of World War I (C3 D2.His.14.9-12). Adjust the settings, then copy the prompt.
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Prerequisite skills to check: map of Europe around 1900; meaning of nationalism and imperialism; reading a timeline.
Key vocabulary: militarism, alliance system, imperialism, nationalism, Triple Entente, Triple Alliance, assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Warm-up idea: Show a chain of dominoes and ask how one small push can knock over many. Then ask whether the analogy is fair to the people who made choices in 1914.
Exit ticket idea: Students explain how the assassination in Sarajevo turned into a wider war, naming at least two alliances or long-term causes.
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