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Task About The Four Main Causes of WWI
Task About The Four Main Causes of WWI
Task About The Four Main Causes of WWI
HISTORY IGCSE
Name: ______________________
1. Read information about the “Assassination of Franz Ferdinand” (pages 1 and 2 from the document entitled ‘The
Four Main Causes of WW1’.
Optional: You can read more information at https://schoolhistory.co.uk/notes/assassination-at-sarajevo/
2. Detect and look up the following words in the dictionary and write down their definitions:
a. Heir: a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's
death
b. Marksmanship: skill in shooting
c. TB: Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially serious infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs.
3. Produce a newspaper front page on the death of Franz Ferdinand. Your article should give a detailed account of
the assassination and some reasons for this assassination. Use your own words as much as possible. You may
want to include details from the link provided in activity 1. You should use any of the two suggestions below to
create your newspaper article. Revise grammar and vocabulary carefully before handing in your work.
The link below leads you to how to create a newspaper template on microsoft word:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w19RO07dH0I
4. Read about “The Four M A I N causes of WW1”, information you can find on pages 3 to 5. Answer the following
questions by completing the diagram on the following page, i.e. write down your answers in the diagram. Feel
free to modify your diagram according to your answers.
Causes of WW1
This diagram is set as an example. You may want to organise information differently. Just go to INSERT → SMART ART … and you choose! You can check info here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoiHolprHS8