pre ww1 slides on GOOGLE DOCS or ppt or pages

Task:

1. Join GOOGLE DOCS as a team or use powerpoint or pages

2. Produce 5 to 10 'slides' featuring various media (ie: background sound, commentary, video... you know, cool stuff) about your assigned country

3. Cover the following information in your slides:

* situation by 1870

* situation by 1910

* map of the region

* what were the strength characteristics of the country that made it a Great Power?

* what were the weak characteristics and areas of vulnerability?

* sources of rivalry and tension with the other Great Powers

* major arms manufacturing present in the country

* attitude towards war by 1910

For the Balkan group, address the following:

* brief history of the region

* main states within the peninsula

* map of the region

* sources of rivalry and tension (why were the Balkans considered the "powderkeg of Europe?")

* the Balkan Wars of 1912-13