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9th grade · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 13

World War I

Causes, trenches and the peace

What your child practices

The long-term causes and the spark of World War I, trench warfare and new weapons, the Russian Revolution and the Bolsheviks, and the Treaty of Versailles.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 9.7 · the causes and consequences of World War I

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. On the Western Front, soldiers fought from trenches across no man’s land. Poison gas burned skin, eyes and lungs.
  2. Mental trauma from combat was called shell shock.
  3. In 1917 Russia had two revolutions; the October Revolution brought Lenin’s Bolsheviks to power. The Treaty of Versailles ended the war.

Example: Which group came to power in Russia in the October Revolution of 1917? It was led by Vladimir Lenin. His party was the Bolsheviks. Answer: the Bolsheviks

World War I in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 6 of 13 in 9th grade Social Studies, after The Age of Imperialism and before Between the Wars.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    The Allied Powers at the start included France, Britain and…

    • the Ottoman Empire
    • Russia
    • Austria-Hungary
    • Germany

  2. Question 2

    The Central Powers were Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and…

    • Bulgaria
    • Britain
    • Russia
    • France

  3. Question 3

    After the October Revolution, Russia fought a…

    • civil war between the Reds and Whites
    • war with the United States
    • war with Japan
    • war with China

  4. Question 4

    Tanks were first used in World War I to…

    • sink ships
    • carry mail
    • cross trenches and barbed wire
    • fly over enemy lines

  5. Question 5

    The United States entered World War I in…

    • 1919
    • 1917
    • 1914
    • 1912

  6. Question 6

    The United States never joined the League of Nations because…

    • the League was in America
    • Wilson opposed it
    • it was not invited
    • the Senate refused to approve the treaty

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