Required Readings
Mulligan, W. (2011, March). “The Origins of the First World War.” History Review.
- Pages 12-17. https://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?url=https://s…
Cook, C., & Stevenson, J. (2004). The Routledge Companion to Modern European History since 1763.
- For a timeline of events related to World War I, review “International Background to the First World War, 1882-1914.” https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/waldenu/read…
Howard, M. (2007). First World War: A very short introduction.
- Read the section on “The Home Front” in Chapter 5. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/waldenu/read…
Lukacs, J. (2013). A short history of the twentieth century.
- Read Chapter 2, (pp. 16-29)
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/waldenu/read…
For your Discussion this week, you will assess how past relationships influence current global relationships.
To prepare for this Discussion:
- Review the Lukacs and Mulligan readings in this week’s Learning Resources.
- Recall the immediate events and circumstances that brought about the start of World War I. How and why did events unfold as they did?
- Consider the various causes of World War I. To what extent did the alliance system, imperialism, the arms race, public opinion, the missteps of national leaders, or other factors contribute to the start of the war?
With these thoughts in mind:
By Day 2
Post a response to the Discussion Spark post. Your response should contain at least two significant paragraphs. Read the Discussion Rubric as it will inform your writing.
Important Note: The Discussion Spark and the weekly Discussion topic below will be graded together. You will see one score in your My Grades area.
By Day 4
Post a 2- to 3-paragraph assessment of the long-term and short-term causes of World War I, including which of these causes you think were the most influential. Support your assertions by making multiple references to your course readings.
Be sure to support your ideas by properly citing at least one of week’s Learning Resources, in APA format, within your initial post. As this is a post-first discussion board, you will not be able to see the work of your peers until you have posted the initial discussion requirement for the week.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.
By Day 7
Respond to at least two of your colleagues’ postings in one or more of the following ways:
- Validate your colleague’s selection of significant individuals by sharing your thoughts on the people profiled, based on your readings in the Learning Resources or other outside research.
- Expand on your colleague’s post by offering a new perspective or insight based on your readings in the Learning Resources or other outside research.
- Support your colleague’s post by suggesting additional examples from this week’s Learning Resources.
Week 3 Discussion Spark Below:
World War I was originally titled “the Great War,” under the (false) belief there would never be another war on such a grand scale. Thinking as historians, what might the stakes be in calling the conflict a global one versus not, especially for the many European colonies in the world forced into the conflict that would have had no rooting interest without being forced into the conflict by their colonial masters? Finally, how might this shape the way they look at those European powers into the present?
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