Curated OER
The Trenches
For this World War I study guide worksheet, learners investigate trench warfare. Students read sections of information and examine trench diagrams. Learners respond to 9 short answer question regarding the information presented.
Curated OER
Trench Diagram A
In this World War I study guide worksheet, students uncover details about trench warfare. Students examine a trench diagram in order to understand its functions.
Curated OER
Trench Warfare Crossword Puzzle
In this trench warfare crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 12 clues to identify the correct words and names that will solve the crossword puzzle.
Brigham Young University
Byu: Wwi Document Archive: Trench Warfare Begins on the Aisne
This is an interesting dispatch from British General Headquarters, September 18, 1914, describing the implementation of trench warfare along the Aisne River.
World War 1
Worldwar1.com: Trenches on the Web: The Trenches at Messines 1916 17
Shows British maps of trench warfare and gives a brief explanation.
First World War
Life in the Trenches
An engrossing narrative of the horrid day to day life amid rats and frogs and uncertainty in the trenches of World War I.
University of Oxford (UK)
U. Oxford: Virtual Seminars for Teaching Literature
Seminars, lesson plans, publications, pictures, and poetry make this a very useful resource for language arts or social studies lessons involving World War I and its poetry.
History of American Wars
History of American Wars: World War I Trenches
One of the most famous use of trench warfare was on the Western Front during World War I. Understand what trench warfare is and why this was such a landmark stalemate in the conflict for nearly four years.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: World War I and Modernism
With the development of lethal technologies which led to incrementally more loss of life during WWI, Europeans altered their views of war. Examine the impact modern technologies had on this war with supplemental videos, lessons and...
Historica Canada
Historica Canada: Heritage Minutes: Valour Road
A dramatization which explains the reaction of three young men for Winnipeg's Pine Street to World War I.
Historica Canada
Historica Canada: Heritage Minutes: Vimy Ridge
This resourec provides a video about Vimy Ridge.
Veterans Affairs Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada: 85th Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge
This series of learning activities is about the history of the Battle of Vimy Ridge and other First World War events. View the construction of the Vimy Memorial and explore Vimy today.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Americans and the Great War 1914 1919: From War to Peace
Examines how the United States contributed during the final stages of World War I, what Woodrow Wilson believed the world should look like after the war, and why the United States did not sign the Treaty of Versailles or join the League...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Private Donald Fraser
Contains a first-person primary source account of WWI that focuses on trench warfare and "No Man's Land."
BBC
Bbc: History Trail: Wars and Conflict: Walking the Somme Battlefield
A walking tour guide to the famous battle site, the guide provides information on the various places where British Army troops fought and died plus gives extensive quotes from soldiers who were present at the battle. There is a nice...
World War 1
Worldwar1.com: Trenches on the Web: British Trench Warfare 1917 1918
Part of that excellent site "Trenches on the Web," this page gives an excerpt from "Notes for Infantry Officers on Trench Warfare." Also includes trench diagrams.
World War 1
Worldwar1.com: Trenches on the Web: Photo Archive: The Ypres Salient, 1917
Photos to click on to see images of World War I trenches: "An Australian trench," "British infantry knee deep in mud," "An abandoned German trench at Messines Ridge".
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Digital History
Digital History: War in Europe: Who Was Responsible? [Pdf]
This is a great overview of the events that immediately followed the assassination of Austria's Crown Prince Francis Ferdinand in Serbia in the lead-up to the start of World War I.
Digital History
Digital History: America at War: The Guns of August
Read about the course of World War I on both the eastern and western fronts. See how the upheaval in the world brought about attempts at revolution in several countries.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: The Great War (World War I Lesson Plans)
Eight lesson plans for exploring aspects of World War I, also known as the Great War, with instructions for introducing middle-school learners to the causes of the conflict; to the great symbol of the war's stalemate--the trenches; to...
US National Archives
Nara: Military Resources World War I
A compilation of resources on World War I from the National Archives and Records Administration, including links to external sites.
PBS
The Great War: American Troops in the Trenches
Read historian David Kennedy's assessment of the American troops' impact on the course of the end of World War I.
Other
Oxford Aasc: Focus on African Americans in World War I
Read this brief essay about the African Americans who volunteered to serve during World War I, four thousand of whom fought alongside the French. Included is a photo essay with twelve photographs with descriptions.
Historica Canada
Historica Canada: Heritage Minutes: John Mc Crae
This site is a combination of Historica's Heritage Minute on John McCrae accompanied with text and links to other sites and teacher lesson plans. The site is bilingual.