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Alex: Passport to the Great Wars
In this unit plan students will be examining the causes, events, and consequences of the First World War. To launch this project students will create passports that they will use throughout this unit and in the World War II unit. The...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Causes of Wwi (An Introductory Lesson)
Lesson provides an overview of the four main causes of World War I.
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History Matters: Walter White Considers the Causes of the 1919 Chicago Race Riot
An article by NAACP executive secretary, Walter White, discusses the eight reasons he saw for the Chicago Race Riots in July, 1919. He goes into great detail to support these causes.
PBS
Pbs: The Great War: Chapter One: Explosion
Highlights from Chapter one of the series, "The Great War." Provides information on the explosion of war. Includes a video and commentary on German troops mobilizing for the war.
Brigham Young University
Wwi Archives: Commentaries on the Battle of Verdun: Lord Northcliff on Verdun
These are Lord Northcliffe's commentaries on the WWI Battle of Verdun, discussing the causes, phases, and results of this battle. (4 March 1916)
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Conflict and Prosperity
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews the main causes of World War I and United States' involvement and contributions.
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History Matters: "Says Lax Condidtions Caused Race Riots"
Read several articles from the Chicago Daily News on July 28, 1919, reporting on the various aspects of the Chicago race riots. One article, by Carl Sandburg, used sources from the black community.
Other
Socialist Worker: Causes of the 1919 Race Riots
Read about the racism in unions throughout the United States after World War I, culminating in race riots in 1919, especially in Chicago.
World War 1
Worldwar1.com: Trenches on the Web: Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Provides a brief biography of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination led to World War I.
Digital History
Digital History: Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations [Pdf]
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....
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Outbreak and Causes of Ww1
This article provides 25 facts about the outbreak and causes of WW1 in the countries and continent of Europe and in the United States of America.
PBS
Pbs: Commanding Heights: German Hyperinflation, 1923
This site provides great discussion of the causes and effects of the German Hyperinflation of 1923.
Other
Cincinnati Arts Association: Wwi German Soldier [Pdf]
This study guide in pdf was originally designed to accompany a specific artist-in-the-schools outreach program. The guide covers the causes of WWI, the course of the war, Germany during WWI, the treaty of Versailles, the armor of a...
Robert Schenk, PhD
Saint Joseph's College: A Case of Inflation
This overview of the hyperinflation in Germany following World War I describes not only its causes but what daily life was like for Germans whose money had become virtually worthless.
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Palmer Raids
[Free Registration/Login Required] Examining resources from Palmer and Goldman, students will consider what caused the Palmer Raids after World War I ended. The goal of the Palmer Raids was to incarcerate or deport those left-wing...
Digital History
Digital History: The Postwar Red Scare
Presents factual information on the history of the Red Scare that caused hysteria and panic in the United States after World War I.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: The Red Scare
In-depth information about the Red Scare that started in the United States at the end of World War I, and ended in the early 1920s. Discusses its history, including strikes in Seattle and Boston, causes, and results of the anti-communist...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1890 1945: The Us in Wwi: The Treaty of Versailles
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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Lebensraum: Living Space for the German Race
Resource provides a discussion of the concept of "Lebensraum," or "living space" for the German people. This was one of Hitler's main justifications for his military conquests.
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