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Digital History

Digital History: Munich: Anatomy of a Crisis [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent lesson plan lays out the framework of the lead-up to World War II in Europe. It covers the problem the support of Czechoslovakia caused Great Britain and France, the policy of appeasement exercised by Prime Minister...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: World History: The Years Between the Wars (1919 1939)

For Students 9th - 10th
World History unit on the years between the two world wars, 1919-1939. Comprehensive multi-media resources, assignments, activities and assessment.
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Website
Flow of History

Flow of History: The Road to World War Two (1939 45)

For Students 9th - 10th
Teacher-created site that examines the flow of events that led to the outbreak of World War II.
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Handout
Other

New American Nation: Internationalism and Interwar Isolationism

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay by two foreign policy scholars gives background to the concept that the United States did not really become isolationist after World War I.
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Lesson Plan
Digital History

Digital History: Isolationists, Internationalists and Lend Lease [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Read about the German incursion into France and the Low Countries and the bombing of Great Britain which caused much discussion in the United States. Should the US stay out of affairs in Europe, or intervene to help their long-time ally,...
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Activity
Other

1919: Chronik

For Students 9th - 10th
In German. Chronicle of events in the year 1919.
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Handout
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: A Biography of America: Woodrow Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover what made Woodrow Wilson a powerful president in this biographical account.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Americans and the Great War 1914 1919: From War to Peace

For Students 11th - 12th
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...
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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Treaty of Versailles

For Teachers 10th
A comprehensive learning module on the Treaty of Versailles that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. The unit examines whether or not the...
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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Gustav Stresemann Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Gustav Stresemann, the German who shared the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize with Aristeide Briand. This biography includes a portrait as well as several resources in the "Selected Bibliography" for further reading and research.
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Lesson Plan
Ohio State University

Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History (Lesson Plans)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two dozen lessons that focus on using political cartoons as primary source resources for teaching American history. Lessons cover a range of topics in U.S. history from the Civil War era forward and are linked to Ohio content standards.
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Lesson Plan
Ohio State University

Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History (Lesson Plans)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two dozen lessons that focus on using political cartoons as primary source resources for teaching American history. Lessons cover a range of topics in U.S. history from the Civil War era forward and are linked to Ohio content standards.
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Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 6: Becoming a Modern Nation

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive learning module examines the role of large-scale industrialization, urbanization, and mass migrations in creating new demands on government and social organizations to design reforms, and looks at the global and domestic...
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Primary
Brigham Young University

Byu: Wwi Document Archive: Peace Treaty of Versailles

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains the text of the covenant of the League of Nations from the Peace Treaty of Versailles.
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
President Woodrow Wilson had great hopes that a League of Nations would mean that there would be no more world wars. Read about the charter for the League of Nations, especially Article X, which provided the teeth for the organization....
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: The Fourteen Points and the Versailles Treaty [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
President Woodrow Wilson, in his hope that World War I was the war to end all wars, issued his Fourteen Points almost one year before the end of the war as a bluepoint to guarantee peace across the world. Read a summary of the points and...
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: The Rise of the Dictators [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this lesson plan to explore the economic and political conditions in Europe after World War I as a result of the Treaty of Versailles that led to the rise of dictators in several countries. Read about the rise of Lenin and Stalin in...
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Website
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The League of Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
Overivew of the end of World War I, the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: The Great War: Evaluating the Treaty of Versailles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider "The Great War: Evaluating the Treaty of Versailles." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Great War (World War I Lesson Plans)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Website
US National Archives

Nara: Military Resources World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
A compilation of resources on World War I from the National Archives and Records Administration, including links to external sites.
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Lesson Plan
University of South Florida

University of South Florida: The Nazification of Germany

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site from the University of South Florida discusses the transformation of Germany under Hitler. Includes photos, movie clips, web links, lesson plans, time lines, vocabulary, and bibliograhy.
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Handout
The History Place

The History Place: The Rise of Adolf Hitler: War Ends With German Defeat

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes events at the end of World War I after Armistice, the new German Republic, problems with battle-hardened soldiers, the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler's experiences as an undercover agent in the army weeding out Marxist...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs: The Great War: Interactive Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
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.