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Website
Brigham Young University

Byu: Wwi Document Archive: Wilhelm Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
The Harold B. Lee Library provides a biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who ruled Germany during World War I.
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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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Article
Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University: Wwi Document Archive: Americans Take Belleau Wood

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Brigham Young University provides an excerpt from "Current History" by Edwin L. James, a war correspondent for the New York Times. Describes the capture of the Bois de Belleau. (Published June 20, 1918)
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Primary
Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University: Wwi Document Archive: Constitution of the Black Hand

For Students 9th - 10th
The Constitution of the Black Hand, or Constitution of the Ujedinjenje ili Smrt, is thought to have contributed to the outbreak of World War I. It was signed in Belgrade on May 9, 1911.
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Primary
Brigham Young University

Wwi Document Archive: 'Black Hundreds' Anti Clerical Campaign / Lenin to Molotov

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has the original text of a letter from Lenin to Molotov in 1922. It deals with the "Black Hundreds Anti-Clerial Campaign" -- the relationship between the government and the church at that time.
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Website
Other

Uboat.net: Imperial German Majesty's Uboats in Wwi

For Students 9th - 10th
A Brief article describing the U-boat crisis of 1916 and the declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1890 1945: Us in Wwi: Presidency of Woodrow Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at Woodrow Wilson's actions and accomplishments as president from 1913-1921. Discusses his efforts to regulate the economy, fight corruption in business, and improve societal conditions. He also supported segregationist policies in...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1890 1945: The Us in Wwi: The League of Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the background to establishing the League of Nations, its role in facilitating peace negotiations, and why it ultimately failed to prevent World War II. Explains why the United States never joined it and how the United Nations...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1890 1945: The Us in Wwi: The Treaty of Versailles

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the Treaty of Versailles, what its terms were, why America never ratified it or joined the League of Nations, why Germans grew to resent the burdens it imposed on them, and how this contributed to Hitler's rise to power....
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Website
Other

War Times Journal: Wwi Eastern Front

For Students 9th - 10th
This site covers the eastern front of WWI from the initial Russian invasions to the eventual German advances and victories.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Wwi Impact on Soldiers, Families, and Land

For Teachers 6th
Activity helps students to realize the impact WWI had upon soldiers, families, and land in Europe.
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Handout
World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Trenches on the Web: Wwi Timeline: 1879 1914: The Deadly Alliances

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline of the alliances in Europe prior to World War I.
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Primary
Other

Www Virtual Library: Medical History of Wwi: Nurse Helen Fairchild

For Students 9th - 10th
This story, told through letters home, is about Nurse Helen Fairchild, one of the brave women who played an important part in World War I. Includes pictures and illustrations of uniforms worn during that period.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Argumentative Writing/wwi & Wwii Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this unit, students will gain background information on historic wars. Student will compare different media forms about these events, attend to different perspectives, research the unit's essential question, and then write an...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Causes of Wwi (An Introductory Lesson)

For Teachers 6th
Lesson provides an overview of the four main causes of World War I.
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Website
Other

Wwi Document Archive: The Royal Navy in the Caspian Sea

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth account of the role of the Royal British Navy during the Russian Civil War, 1918-1920. Provides a complete listing of ships and other units that were involved.
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Handout
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: May Wedderburn Cannan, Poet and Mi5 Employee in Wwi

For Students 9th - 10th
May Wedderburn Cannan was a poet and writer - and also, during the the First World War, an employee of MI5. In these extracts from her autobiography, Grey Ghosts and Voices, Cannan remembers what it was like to be a poet in war time -...
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: The Wwi Origins of the Poppy as a Remembrance Symbol

For Students 9th - 10th
The Remembrance Day symbolism of the poppy started with a poem written by a World War I brigade surgeon who was struck by the sight of the red flowers growing on a ravaged battlefield. From the devastated landscape of the battlefields,...
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Unit Plan
The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: World War I in u.s. Popular Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module from the Newberry Library uses primary source materials to explore the impact of WWI on the American public and how WWI was promoted or criticized through the popular culture of the day. With questions for discussion.
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Handout
Social Studies Help Center

Social Studies Help: Why Did the United States Enter World War One?

For Students 9th - 10th
A set of lecture notes on the events leading to WWI and their impact on the United States. Although this site covers WWI, its main focus is the war in relation to America, and why they joined the war.
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Website
Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Age of Anxiety: Europe in the 1920's

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides text from a lecture that looks at European culture after WWI. Looks at the literary and artistic developments during and as a result of the war. With links to several biographical websites on authors and philosophers...
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Handout
World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Trenches on the Web: Armory: Gas Warfare

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed information on the use of chemicals as weapons during WWI. Includes images of soldiers wearing gas masks, an extensive list of chemicals and their effects, and links to further information on the Second Battle of Ypres and to...
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Primary
Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: U Boat Attack, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides an overview of the use of submarines in WWI with many images. Contains the first-person account of a U-Boat commander's attack on a ship.
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Activity
Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: The Destruction of the Armenians During World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
Activity-based resource on the genocide and mass deportation of Armenians from Turkey during WWI. Students investigate whether the treatment of Armenians by the Turkish governmnet fits the definition included in the UN Genocide Convention.