WWI EDUCATION
There are fantastic educational resources, lessons, and units available online for teaching about American involvement in WWI. this is by no means a complete list, and but many are materials I have used before and plan to use in the future. Plus, some amazing educators put these together ... so dive in! The |
- The Education Resources from the World War I Centennial Commission are the best place to start, with a variety of lessons and activities for instruction about the Great War and America's involvement
- You will love the Education Resources created by the National World War I Museum and Memorial, including an awesome interactive timeline
- The American Battle Monuments Commission has an awesome collection of resources and lessons, including Geography is War: The Lost Battalion, Honoring Service, Achievements, and Sacrifice: A WWI Virtual Field Trip, and Getting to the Heart of World War I: Using Maps, Statistics, and Other Resources to Investigate the War
- The Stanford History Education Group has a collection of great activities, including U.S. Entry into WW, Great Migration, Sedition in World War , and the League of Nations
- Harry Truman's World War I from the Harry S. Truman Library & Museum looks like a fun lesson about the 33rd President
- Lesson Plan: America and World War I from the James E. Walker Library is all about primary sources
- Teaching World War I from National History Day teachers is an awesome library of essays and modules for various components of the war - and, they are written by NHD teachers, so they must be great!
- World War I: What Are We Fighting For Over There? from those super smart people at the Library of Congress
- United States Entry into World War I: A Documentary Chronology (3 Lessons) from more super smart people at the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Teaching World War I With The New York Times
- About WWI: Military Resources: World War I
- The NEA has a collection of World War 1 Resources, Grades 9-12 , many of which are referenced here