Curated OER
Warfare Strategies of WWI
Incite your historians' curiosity with forms of warfare used during WWI. An anticipatory set has learners considering life in a trench, leading to a trench warfare discussion. A lecture is complemented by images (linked) and the...
PBS
Pbs: Plague War: Fa Qs
PBS provides an in-depth overview of both biological and chemical warfare in a FAQ format.
World War 1
Worldwar1.com: Trenches on the Web: The Second Battle of Ypres, April 1915
Freshly trained Canadian troops arrived at a quiet front on April 17, 1915. Five days later the Germans attacked with 5700 cylinders of chlorine gas and heavy artillery bombardment.
American Public Media
American Radio Works: The Legacy of Agent Orange
An overview of the how the herbicide Agent Orange has impacted, and still is impacting, the lives of people of Vietnam as well as the landscape of Vietnam.
PBS
Pbs: The Great War: Interactive Timeline
This site has an interactive timeline of World War I. Choose a year to see important events listed chronologically. You can click on battles and names of famous people to read accompanying thoughts of historians.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Facts About Sarin
An overview of the nerve agent sarin, including signs and symptoms of sarin exposure, ways to protect yourself from exposures, and treatment.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Facts About Sulfur Mustard
An overview of sulfur mustard, also known as mustard gas. Includes signs and symptoms of, and treatment for exposure to sulfur mustard.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Facts About Vx
An overview of VX, a nerve agent and known weapon of chemical warfare. Includes information about the signs and symptoms of VX exposure and recommended treatments.
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness to History: Gas Attack, 1916
This article provides a description of what a poison gas attack was like.
Veterans Affairs Canada
Veteran Affairs Canada: Ypres 1915
In April 1915, Canadian troops were moved to the French city of Ypres where they were victims to a new weapon of gas attacks. This site outlines the Canadian experience at Ypres.
BBC
Bbc History: World Wars: World War One: Daily Mirror Headlines: Ypres
Collection of excerpted headlines and news reports published in the "Daily Mirror" on April 23 and 24, 1915, relates events of the fighting at Ypres, including the German use of poison gas.
National Archives (UK)
National Archive: The Great War: 1914 1918
Students can examine original sources and how these have been used to support different viewpoints and perspectives on the Great War.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Sarin Gas and Its Potent Effects on the Body
Read a passage about sarin gas and its effects on the body and answer the follow-up questions.