There is a lot of debate on when to begin discussing the causes for World War I, but for our purposes in this class we will begin with the 1860/1870s. Many of the materials that we will be using will be referenced and attached within the Google Classroom. However, you can expect the following:

Origins of the First World War Readings
The Iron Dice – Why Nations Go to War, Chapter 1, John Stoessinger
Origins of the First World War, Gordon Martel (all chapters)
Pearson’s Causes, Practices and Effects Book, Chapter 2

Origins of the First World War – Images
The images listed below will be images that I will reference during class. I have included them here in case you were wanting to reference them again.

Relationship between major political leaders during World War I

European Colonial Claims

Ethnicities & Languages of Europe