Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: The German Weimar Republic: Why Did Democracy Fail?
Activity for students on the development of the Weimar Republic and why democracy failed in the end. Students read about events leading to the Weimar Republic and debate whether or not it was destined to fail. Links to comprehensive...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Detail From Holland's Magazine, March 1918
In this cover art, see an example of how the Texas-based women's magazine "Holland" encouraged women to work as part of the war effort during the Great War.
Veterans Affairs Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada: The Battles of the Somme and Beaumont Hamel
The Battle of the Somme was one of the costliest battles of WW1. The effects in Canada were stagering but the impact on the colony of Newfoundland was worse.
Veterans Affairs Canada
Vimy: Honour the Legacy
This site commemorates the 95th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the events that were held in its honour, including the restoration of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France in April 2007. Read about the history of Vimy...
BBC
Bbc History: World Wars: World War One
In-depth look at World War I. Includes summaries of the war years; sound clips of eye-witness accounts; virtual tours of trenches on the Western Front; maps; articles and overviews; and similar resources.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Americans and Great War 1914 1919: The United States Prepares for War
Details what America did to prepare and execute its entry into World War I, and how the government used propaganda to win public support for the war effort.
OpenStax
Open Stax: World War Ii 1941 1945: Origins of War: Europe, Asia and United States
Examines the conditions that fostered the rise of Fascism and Nazism, the events during the lead-up to the outbreak of war, and what Roosevelt did to help affected nations yet still keep the United States neutral.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Stars & Stripes: American Soldiers' Newspaper Ww I
A unique group of historical documents, a 71-week run of the newspaper printed for the American soldiers on the Western Front in World War I. These are digitized copies of the paper ordered by Pershing to give the troops a sense of unity...
Stanford University
Stanford History Education Group: Battle of the Somme
[Free Registration/Login Required] Register with the SHEG and access this lesson plan and power point presentation featuring World War I's Battle of the Somme.
Australian War Memorial
Australian War Memorial: Australian Involvement in the First World War
An overview of the Australian army's involvement in World War I.
PBS
Pbs: The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
PBS provides a detailed look at World War I and its affect on the world at large. Content includes comprehensive interviews with expert historians, an interactive timeline, an interactive gallery complete with detailed maps, and...
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Sedition in World War I
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding a historical question. This document-based inquiry lesson plan allows students to read anti-war literature from World War I critics...
Veterans Affairs Canada
Veteran Affairs Canada: The Battle of Vimy Ridge
This resource has provided a basic public information fact sheet on Vimy Ridge that can be downloaded from here.
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University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: Radicalism or Reformism? [Pdf]
Read about the variations between socialist, social democratic and labor parties across 18 countries in the early twentieth century. Taking an inside look at case studies, there was a political emergence of the bourgeoisie and an...
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Timeline: World War I
This timeline detail American women's involvement in World War I.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Teaching Resources: Auden & Identity
This series of activities give students opportunities to explore the relationship between production and reception in poetic form. They will consider how W.H. Auden's mastery of language contributes to the impact and longevity of his work.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Teaching Resources: Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway
In these activities, students will use manuscript drafts, notebooks, and essays to study Woolf's experimentation with form and use of language during the lengthy process of composition. They will also consider the work in the context of...
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: Power and Conflict
Find out how war and conflict shaped literature throughout the 20th century.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: Mrs Dalloway: Exploring Consciousness
Elaine Showalter describes how, in Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf uses stream of consciousness to enter the minds of her characters and portray cultural and individual change in the period following the First World War.
National Academy of Engineering
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century: Highways
Students learn about highways in the 20th century. Some topics investigated are WWI lessons, interstates, and ongoing improvements. The resource consists of historical information, a timeline, and a personal essay by a key innovator.
George Mason University
George Mason University: Between the Wars: The Palmer Raids
Looks at the anti-communist 'Red Scare' that followed WWI with the upheaval of the Russian government, and includes Palmer's essay "The Case Against the Reds" and Emma Goldman's account of her deportation back to Russia.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: United States Enters World War I
A brief overview of America's entry into WWI and President Woodrow Wilson's negotiations with Germany to facilitate an end to the war.
The History Place
The History Place: World War Ii in Europe Timeline
This site from The History Place provides this extensive timeline of the events of WWII from the end of WWI until the conclusion of the War. Links to major events include photos along with additional information throughout.
The History Place
The History Place: The Defeat of Hitler: Enter the Bunker
Describes the succession of defeats experienced by the Germans as the Allied forces advanced. Hitler conscripted old men who had served in WWI and young boys, sending them into battle where most died. Meanwhile he enacted a...