World War 1 Unit - WW1 Lessons - Study Guide & Test - World War 1 Activities

This curriculum unit includes 5 World War 1 lessons for 5 weeks of instruction & includes a printable & digital version. Some components are editable so you can tweak it to your students’ needs. Audios of the reading passages, quizzes, & tests are included. This is perfect for students with read-aloud accommodations. 

The included World War I lessons help you easily integrate literacy with your social studies content with graphic organizers that focus on one specific reading skill per organizer, & students will be analyzing primary documents.

This World War 1 curriculum unit can be used as a stand-alone in the classroom and as a homeschool curriculum.

It includes these 5 World War 1 lessons:

⭐️ Russian Revolution lesson

⭐️ Treaty of Versailles lesson

⭐️ New Technologies & Weapons of WWI lesson

⭐️ Causes of WWI lesson

⭐️ Major Battles and Events of WWI lesson

⭐️ War on the Homefront (COMING SOON)

This WW1 Unit includes:

✅ 5 editable PowerPoint presentations that cover WWI that can be used to facilitate discussion or have students take notes (PowerPoint presentations include carefully curated videos & links that will enrich the WW1 lessons)

✅ 5 slotted notes pages so students can focus on recording the important information from the PowerPoint presentation. Editable slotted notes included!

✅ 5 informational reading passages about WWI (There are TWO versions of the reading passage included. One is the "paper saver" version for when you have to limit your copies. The other is the "note-taking" version which has enough space for annotating and taking notes. This version also includes bolded headers for the different sections!)

✅ 20 activities (4 per lesson): Includes key terms, dates & events, significant items, significant people, political cartoon, geographical connection, and a literacy connection. Three of the four activities PER lesson have two levels: a basic recall and an application of knowledge.

✅ 5 quizzes for each of the World War I lessons included

✅ editable study guide

✅ editable unit test

✅ editable modified test

✅ answer keys for all components

✅ digital version of all components (Google & Easel)

✅ self-grading Google Forms version of quizzes, unit test, & modified unit test

✅ audio of reading passages, quizzes, unit test, & modified test (perfect for read-aloud accommodations)

✅ teacher's guide with 2 suggested pacing maps

PLUS these World War 1 activities:

⭐️ 5 graphic organizers 

⭐️ 7 World War 1 interactive notebook foldables

⭐️ 5 World War I primary source analysis pack

⭐️ 40 WW1 vocabulary word wall cards

⭐️ WWI Simulation- Western Front: A Soldier's Life

⭐️ WWI Stations

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Additional ways you can use these WW1 lessons:

⭐️Limited on copies or paper? Every component of this lesson is ready-to-go on Google & Easel, so you can easily assign to your students. The quiz is also available on Google Forms, and I include explicit directions on how to assign and tweak (if desired) for your students. The quiz is also self-grading!

⭐️Short on time? Simply give students the reading passage, and they can complete the reading comprehension activities independently. All information needed for the activities is contained in the reading passage! These can also be used for homework.

⭐️Perfect for sub plans! These lessons require ZERO prep for substitute plans. Students can easily check their own answers with the included answer keys.

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❤️ “This is one of my favorite resources. The handouts and PPT are engaging and eye-catching. I have used this unit for the past 3 years and absolutely love it!”

Specific reading skills in this unit are:

series of events, cause-effect relationships, central idea, key details, summarization, cite text evidence, integrate multiple sources of information, & meaning of words/phrases using context clues.

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