Causes of World War One (4 lessons)

There are two driving questions:
What makes the Great War 'great'?
Why did Europe go to war in 1914?
Two Power Points provide a focus for each key question. The first provides a starter lesson regarding the significance of WW1 and its global coverage. The second Power Point (30 slides) considers the causes of the war and the sequence of events which led to it.
Supporting sheets provide background information for events, card sorts for the causes and sequence of events, comparison of the great powers in terms of weapons, population, empire, etc., Resources are intended to cater for different abilities. An extended writing frame on why the war broke out is included and a source handling assessment for a cartoon.
The lessons cover the concepts of: causation (multiple, long, short and trigger); chronology; empathy (rivalry and fears of the European nations); significance; alliances; nationalism, militarism; imperialism.