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Handout
Brigham Young University

The World War I Document Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
Conventions, treaties, and official papers, organized by title, country and year. The site also includes sections on memorials and reminiscences, a biographical dictionary, an image archive, the maritime war, the medical front, as well...
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Primary
Brigham Young University

World War I Document Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
This Brigham Young University website provides documents from World War I. Includes treaties, official papers, biographies, and images.
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Primary
Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University: World War I Document Archive: Wilson on Sussex Case

For Students 9th - 10th
President Wilson's remarks before Congress concerning the German sinking of the unarmed Channel steamer Sussex on March 24, 1916.
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Primary
Other

Colorado College: World War I Poster Collection: u.s. Food Administration

For Students 9th - 10th
Examples of posters used by the Food Administration during World War I to promote food conservation.
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Website
Brigham Young University

Wwi Biographical Dictionary: Sassoon, Siegfried Loraine

For Students 9th - 10th
Although this biography does not give a great amount of information on Siegfried Sassoon's literary writings, it does present some good information about his involvement in World War I.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Personal Site: Wwi Thirity Thousand Women Were There

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site provides a description of the various roles women played in the military during World War I. Includes several small images and a few links to further related information.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Personal Site: Wwi Thirity Thousand Women Were There

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site provides a description of the various roles women played in the military during World War I. Includes several small images and a few links to further related information.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Personal Site: Wwi Thirity Thousand Women Were There

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site provides a description of the various roles women played in the military during World War I. Includes several small images and a few links to further related information.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Post Wwi Africa, 1918

For Students 9th - 10th
This map is of Africa after World War I. The scramble by Italy, Belgium, and Germany to create colonies in order to keep up with the British, French, and Spanish Empires was played out in Africa, the last remaining continent yet to be...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Highlands of Northern France During Wwi, October 20, 1918

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the French-German front movement during World War I in the highlands of northern France. The dashed red line shows the furthest advance of the German Army. The red line with crosses is the Hindenburg line, a system of defenses...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Germany After Wwi, 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing the boundaries of Germany after the Treaty of Versailles in1919 showing the German boundary in 1914 and territories lost after the war, the "Free territory" of Danzig on the Baltic Coast, the Plebiscite areas in Schleswig,...
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Raleigh Charter High School

Mrs. Newmark's Page: World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
Quiz yourself on information about WWI.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The in Between Years

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive AP European History learning module on the "Inbetween Years" following WWI, traces the years from the Treaty of Versailles to the rise of Nazi and Fascist regimes in Europe. Includes individual as well as collaborative...
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Road to Pearl Harbor: The United States and East Asia 1915 1941

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A four-lesson unit on the events that led up to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor during World War II. Lesson topics include the growth of hostility between the United States and Japan after WWI, the Sino-Japanese conflict, Japan's...
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Website
University of Missouri

Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: The "Clear and Present Danger" Test

For Students 11th - 12th
Modern first amendment law was formed by cases during the WWI era. Were dissent and subversive activity protected by freedom of speech? Examine five cases that answered this constitutional question. Included are the full opinions of the...
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Unit Plan
Virginia Tech

Digital History Reader: 1917 Did the War Cause a Revolution?

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive unit evaluating what factors led to the Russian revolution in 1917. Understand the circumstances in Russia during WWI, timelines, maps, photos, writing assignments, and a bibliography for further studies.
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Lesson Plan
National Geographic

National Geographic: European Borders Through History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Lesson in which learners use maps to explore how European political borders have changed over time. Maps after WWI, WWII and European Union provided for comparison.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Great Gatsby: The Roaring Twenties

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the Roaring Twenties, an era of great economic growth, widespread prosperity, and new technologies. This is era featured in The Great Gatsby; it began at the end of WWI and ended with the Stock Market crash in...
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Primary
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Wilson's War Message to Congress April 2, 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the speech Woodrow Wilson gave to Congress asking to declare war on Germany and enter WWI.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Recordings of Speeches by Calvin Coolidge

For Students 9th - 10th
Recordings of eight speeches given by Calvin Coolidge during WWI (while he was governor) and the election of 1920. In realaudio and wav format, along with text transcriptions.
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Website
Vancouver Island University

Vancouver Island University: Domestic Causes of the First World War

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains an essay on the "domestic tensions which may have affected diplomatic decision making in 1914."
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Primary
Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University: Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Brigham Young University gives a firsthand account of the killings. The man that gave this account was arrested as a suspect.
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Causes of World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
Summarizes the major causes for the outbreak of World War I.
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Primary
Brigham Young University

World War I Document Archive: Kaiser Wilhelm Ii's Account of Events

For Students 9th - 10th
An excerpt from the memoirs of Kaiser Wilhelm II from July 1914 in which Wilhelm discusses the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and other various situations around the world which lead up to World War I.