Section outline

  • THEMATIC FOCUS

    Technology and Innovation TEC
    Human adaptation and innovation have resulted in increased efficiency, comfort, and security, and technological advances have shaped human development and interactions with both intended and unintended consequences.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVE

    Unit 7: Learning Objective C
    Explain how governments used a variety of methods to conduct war.

    HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS

    KC-6.2.IV.A.i
    World War I was the first total war. Governments used a variety of strategies, including political propaganda, art, media, and intensified forms of nationalism, to mobilize populations (both in the home countries and the colonies) for the purpose of waging war.

    KC-6.1.III.C.i
    New military technology led to increased levels of wartime casualties.