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Digital History: The United States Wwi

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains how Germany resuming unrestricted submarine warfare contributed to the US entering WWI. Site is well-written, informative, and contains great details.
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Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University: Wwi Document Archive: Wwi Biographical Dictionary

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains brief biographical sketches and photographs of prominent people of the Great War era. The entries are arranged alphabetically by surname.
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Byu: Wwi Document Archive: Trench Warfare Begins on the Aisne

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an interesting dispatch from British General Headquarters, September 18, 1914, describing the implementation of trench warfare along the Aisne River.
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Brigham Young University

Byu: Wwi Document Archive: 10 November, 1918: The Armistice Demands

For Students 9th - 10th
Translation of the official German news report of the 18 requirements of the Armistice at the conclusion of World War I, signed on November 10, 1918.
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Wwi Document Archive: Emmett J. Scott. The American Negro in World War I Preface

For Students 9th - 10th
The preface to a book by Emmett J. Scott published in 1919. It examines the role played by African Americans in World War I. To view the whole book, click on the Table of Contents at the end of the page. Includes a speech by Colonel...
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Byu: Wwi Document Archive: Peace Treaty of Brest Litovsk

For Students 9th - 10th
Brigham Young University offers the full text of the Peace treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed March of 1918 that officially ended Russian participation in the war.
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Brigham Young Univ.: Wwi Document Archive: Development of u.s. Neutrality Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
Correspondence of two Secretaries of State in 1914 and 1915 outlining America's neutrality and the ways it is being demonstrated to countries in Europe.
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Brigham Young University: Wwi Document Archive: Wilson's War Message to Congress

For Students 9th - 10th
Brigham Young University provides the full text of Woodrow Wilson's "War Message" which resulted in Congress passing the War Resolution, allowing the United States to enter World War I.
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Brigham Young U.: Wwi Document Archive: u.s. Protests Against Maritime Warfare

For Students 9th - 10th
Series of letters from U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan protesting British interference with neutral U.S. merchant ships, and a lengthy response from the British government.
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Wwi Doc. Archive: German Discussions Concerning Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this official German document, translated into English, from 1917 concerning the issue of unrestricted submarine warfare in World War I.
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Brigham Young University

Byu: Wwi Document Archive: The Franco Russian Alliance Military Convention

For Students 9th - 10th
An original document of the Franco-Russian military convention outlining the provisions of the alliance.
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Brigham Young University: Wwi Document Archive: The Anglo Russian Entente

For Students 9th - 10th
An original document, the agreement between Great Britain and Russia establishing the Triple Entente.
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Byu: Wwi Document Archive: The Peace Treaty of Versailles: Articles 1 30

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete texts of the Peace Treaty of Versailles as completed on June 28th, 1919. Also provided at the bottom of the page are many links to charts and maps that are associated with the Treaty.
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Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University: Wwi Document Archive: Abdication of Nicholas Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
A copy of the abdication manifesto of Nicholas II on March 15, 1917.
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Brigham Young U.: Wwi Document Archive: Wilson's First Lusitania Note to Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the text of a note sent to the German government by Woodrow Wilson protesting the sinking of the Lusitania.
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Brigham Young University: Wwi Document Archive: The Treaty of Portsmouth, 1905

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the actual text from the Treaty of Portsmouth that ended the Russo-Japanese War.
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U.s. Centennial of Flight Commission: The u.s. Aircraft Industry During Wwi

For Students 9th - 10th
A good essay on the development of the airline industry in the United States as a result of World War I. Many companies worked on airplane design, but few survived after the war.
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Wwi Aviation: An Illustrated History of World War One

For Students 9th - 10th
There is a wealth of information here. Get detailed overviews of the war and then scroll down the page to sections on pilots and designers, machines of war, a World War 1 history quiz and much more.
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Texas Military Forces Museum: 36th Division in Wwi: Texas National Guard in Wwi

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the mustering of the Texas National Guard to participate in the World War I war effort. Discusses how they were reorganized, trained, sent overseas, the hardships they faced, the military maneuvers and engagements with the...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Propaganda and Its Effects on Wwi

For Teachers 6th
This lesson introduces students to the meaning of "propaganda" and its affects over populations. Students will learn about the impact of propaganda on people during World War I.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Wwi Blockades and America

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of events leading to the U.S. declaring war on Germany. This is a five question self-correcting quiz.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Wwi a Commemoration of Residents From Trinity & Area

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary documents, images,audio clips and maps help to reveal the role Newfoundland, as the oldest British Colony, had during the First World War.
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: Wwi: The u.s. Army Overseas

For Students 9th - 10th
From a book, American Military History, this chapter looks at the U.S. Army overseas in World War I, and gives a brief overview of the battles in which the Army was involved, and General Pershing's command in World War I.
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Wwi Image Archive: Photos of the Great War

For Students 9th - 10th
World War I Image Archive offers a geat collection of photographs from World War I. Categorized by topic.

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