The class will be structured over eight meeting times. World War I is the subject, and I've broken it down in this way:

Lesson #1 - Causes of World War I
Reasons
Global Political Climate
The spark that set it off in the Balkans...the assassination of Franz Ferdinand

Lesson #2 - The technology of World War I - barbed wire, aircraft, the invention of the tank
Machine Guns
Barbed wire
Aircraft
Tanks
Poison gas

Lesson #3 - Trench warfare...what was it like? The outcome of the war is discussed and its implications for the future
What was it like? 
Trench types
Problems with trench warfare
Myths about trench warfare

Lesson #4 - The Italian Front during WWI 
The war between the Italians and Austro-Hungarians is discussed in this little explored theater of WWI
Leaders
Opposing sides
The Isonzo River battles
The Battle of Caporetto
Vittorio Veneto
The toppling of an empire

Lesson #5 - The Eastern Front during WWI
The war between the Germans and Austrians vs. the Russians
Leaders
Opposing sides
The Battle of Tannenburg
Churchill's Gallipoli Campaign
Casualties on the Eastern Front
The Russian Revolution

Lesson #6 - The air war during WWI
The new technology of aircraft
Zeppelins
Aircraft types
What was it like to be a pilot?

Lesson #7 - The war at sea during WWI
Navies during World War I
Unrestricted submarine warfare
The Battle of Jutland
The sinking of the Lusitania and America's entry into the war

Lesson #8 - WWI Obscure
A lesson I created that deals with some little known facts about the First World War


I teach by using slides, original photographs, video clips, discussions and more. There will be several question/answer periods during the session to address questions and comments. Some prior knowledge of WWI helpful, but not a must. As the teacher, I will be dressed in full WWI uniforms for most of the sessions.