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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: Doughboy Center: Big Show: Meuse Argonne Offensive: Part I

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed information on the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Includes a chronology, background information, and images.
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: Doughboy Center: The St. Mihiel Offensive

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the Battle of St. Mihiel, first action of the American Expeditionary Force. Read first-person accounts and see pictures of the time.
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: Doughboy Center: The Sinking of the Tuscania

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed account of the sinking of the Tuscania by a German U-Boat. Includes images and firsthand accounts of the attack.
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: Doughboy Center: Forgotten Victory: Part Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a sequel to Part I. It also contains excellent information about the end of the battle for Blanc Mont Rouge and where the Marines directed their attention from there.
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: Touched by War: The Four Rocconi Brothers

For Students 9th - 10th
Article tells the tale of the four Rocconi Brothers, what they did during the war, and where and how they died.
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: An Aspiring Pilot Aviator in the Italian Air Force

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a selection from the memoirs of Lt. Camillo Viglino, a pilot in the Italian Air Force.
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: Cesare Battisti: Italian Patriot, Hero, Martyr

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion of Cesare Battisti, an Italian patriot and politician of Austrian citizenship, who became a prominent Irredentist at the start of the First World War. Although condemned as a traitor in Austria, in Italy he is considered a...
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: La Grande Guerra: Asiago

For Students 9th - 10th
Excerpt from the book Asiago by Francis Mackay describes the evening of the Battle of Asiago which led to the death of Captain Edward Harold Brittain.
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: La Grande Guerra: The Death of Sepp Innerkofler

For Students 9th - 10th
Article relates the story of Sepp Innerkofler, a Tyrolean mountaineer who died defending his homeland in July 1915 during World War I.
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: La Grande Guerra: The Battle of Ortigara June 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed description of the June 1917 Battle of Ortigara that took place between the Italian and Austro-Hungarian armies for possession of Mount Ortigara.
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: La Grande Guerra: Avalanche!

For Students 9th - 10th
This article takes a look at the unique killer of the Italian Front, avalanches.
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: La Grande Guerra: Virgilio's Caporetto Odyssey

For Students 9th - 10th
Author recounts the life of his father, Virgilio Benedetti while summarizing the way the events of Italy in World War I shaped his father's outlook.
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: La Grande Guerra: Italian Front Casualties

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides statistics on the casualties of the battles of the Italian Front in World War I.
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: La Grande Guerra: Italian Front: Weapons, Equipment, Uniforms

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at the weapons, equipment, and uniforms used by the Italian forces in World War I. Detailed descriptions provided.
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: La Grande Guerra: Caporetto a Fresh Look

For Students 9th - 10th
Article takes a look at the 1917 Battle of Caporetto in which the Italian Army suffered one of the most stunning defeats of World War I.
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: La Grande Guerra: Italian Reparti D'assalto: The Arditi

For Students 9th - 10th
This historical website includes information about the Italian Reparti d'assalto (Assault Units) of the First World War, the most elite force in the Italian Army.
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: La Grande Guerra: The Geography of the Italian Front

For Students 9th - 10th
Slideshow presentation provides a virtual tour of the varied battlefields of the Italian Front during WWI.
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Minnesota Historical Society: James J. Hill House: James J. Hill

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of railroad magnate, James J. Hill. Learn about the life and legacy of this railroad executive who was a pivotal force in the transformation of the Northwest, earning the name "The Empire Builder."
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Washington State University

Washington State University: The Stephen Crane Society

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a good starting point for those looking for information and resources on Stephen Crane. Includes a full-texts, a bibliography, responses to queries and FAQs, and several links for further Internet research on Crane.
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Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin Historical Society: A Brief Explanation of the Social Security Act

For Students 9th - 10th
The Social Security Act was brought into law in 1935. This booklet was published by the government in 1935 to explain how the Act worked.
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Illinois Labor History Society: Gene Debs and the American Railway Union

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of the rise and fall of the American Railway Union in the context of the Pullman Strike.
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Great War & Jazz Age (1914 1928)

For Students 3rd - 8th
This Library of Congress time-line series surveys World War I and the Jazz Age. When World War I broke out in Europe, many changes were going on in the United States. Women were voting for the first time and African-American culture was...
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Chicago Historical Society: Alexander Hesler Climbs the Court House

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides pictures of Chicago from the roof tops.
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Postbellum African American Society and Culture: Black Migration

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Encyclopedia of American Social History. Read about the black migration to the West, primarily Kansas and Oklahoma after the end of Reconstruction and the institution of black codes in the South.

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