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Tate

Tate: Art Term: De Stijl

For Students 9th - 10th
De Stijl (The Style)was a post-World War I artistic style. Learn about the major artists, read essays about the style and its importance, and view images of important representatives of the style.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Self Determination

For Students 9th - 10th
This site defines self-determination and discusses how the concept evolved throughout World War I, World War II, and the Cold War. Looks at issues related to self-determination and cases of countries around the world that sought...
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression (1920 1939)

For Students 9th - 10th
Getting back to the daily grind after World War I led to an age of consumerism and wealth which created an entirely different culture of affluence in the United States until Black Tuesday in 1929. Find lessons, videos, slideshows, and...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Webisode 14: Let Freedom Ring

For Students 9th - 10th
Series episode covers the civil rights movement and the struggle for equality in post-World War II America.
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Other

University of Exeter: A Comparative Chronology of Money

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline from 1920-1938 that briefly summarizes important economic events that occurred around the world after World War I.
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Other

Pacific War: Far Eastern Strategy and the Washington Conference of 1921 1922

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough examination of the post-World War I Washington Naval Conference which dealt with treaties with Japan, the U.S. desire for naval supremacy, and the compromise of War Plan Orange, which had a drastic effect on U.S. strategy in...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Booming 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
Section on the post-war economic boom and social changes that hit in the 1920s after World War I.
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Curated OER

History Matters: Walter White Considers the Causes of the 1919 Chicago Race Riot

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Curated OER

History Matters: "Says Lax Condidtions Caused Race Riots"

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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University of California

History Project: Chicago Race Riot, 1919

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson for high school students explores the race riot in Chicago in the summer of 1919. Students are asked to explain the reasons for the riot and address the questions in the lesson. Included are excerpts from 26 primary source...
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Modern Balkan History: The Legacies of 1917 and 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay describing the impact of the War and the post war on the Balkan people. Discusses social and economic impacts. Also, goes into detail about post war events.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Segregation Separation: Making of African American Identity: V. 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource summarizes and links to primary source articles examining the relationship between segregation and racial separation highlighting some of the effects of segregation on the black community post World War I.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (8) reading passages (grades 8-12) to pair with "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway. In the years following World War I, a group of disillusioned expatriates travel from Paris to Spain to watch bullfighting and participate...
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PBS

Pbs: Lost Peace

For Students 9th - 10th
Two interesting interviews with eyewitnesses who were involved in two important events after World War I: The League of Nations and the German occupation of Czechoslovakia.
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Other

Propaganda Critic

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site that offers student information on: Name Calling, Glittering Generalities, False Connections, Bad Logic or Propaganda, Wartime Propaganda and more! Site also offers the Propaganda Gallery - short video clips that can...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: New Jersey, Post World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
New Jersey, showing physical features, county lines, railroads, towns, and cities.
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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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PBS

Pbs: Commanding Heights: German Hyperinflation, 1923

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides great discussion of the causes and effects of the German Hyperinflation of 1923.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Decade That Roared

For Students 5th - 8th
A very brief overview of the decade between the end of World War I and the Great Depression.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Becoming Visible: Grace Paley

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Grace Paley is presented in this brief biography highlighting her contributions to literature for her vivid expressions of American local-color through her writings. See "Grace Paley Activities" for related materials.
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Other

La Voz De Aztlan: Chronology of Hector P. Garcia's Life

For Students 9th - 10th
A chronology of the life of Hector Garcia, founder of the American G.I. Forum, and Latino civil rights activist.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Postwar Labor Tensions

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A brief look at the growth of unions in the early 20th century. Read about the strikes in 1919 and their consequences.

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