OpenStax
Open Stax: World War Ii 1941 1945: Origins of War: Europe, Asia and United States
Examines the conditions that fostered the rise of Fascism and Nazism, the events during the lead-up to the outbreak of war, and what Roosevelt did to help affected nations yet still keep the United States neutral.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Stars & Stripes: American Soldiers' Newspaper Ww I
A unique group of historical documents, a 71-week run of the newspaper printed for the American soldiers on the Western Front in World War I. These are digitized copies of the paper ordered by Pershing to give the troops a sense of unity...
Stanford University
Stanford History Education Group: Battle of the Somme
[Free Registration/Login Required] Register with the SHEG and access this lesson plan and power point presentation featuring World War I's Battle of the Somme.
Australian War Memorial
Australian War Memorial: Australian Involvement in the First World War
An overview of the Australian army's involvement in World War I.
PBS
Pbs: The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
PBS provides a detailed look at World War I and its affect on the world at large. Content includes comprehensive interviews with expert historians, an interactive timeline, an interactive gallery complete with detailed maps, and...
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Sedition in World War I
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding a historical question. This document-based inquiry lesson allows students to read anti-war literature from World War I critics to...
Veterans Affairs Canada
Veteran Affairs Canada: The Battle of Vimy Ridge
This resource has provided a basic public information fact sheet on Vimy Ridge that can be downloaded from here.
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University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: Radicalism or Reformism? [Pdf]
Read about the variations between socialist, social democratic and labor parties across 18 countries in the early twentieth century. Taking an inside look at case studies, there was a political emergence of the bourgeoisie and an...
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Timeline: World War I
This timeline detail American women's involvement in World War I.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Teaching Resources: Auden & Identity
This series of activities give students opportunities to explore the relationship between production and reception in poetic form. They will consider how W.H. Auden's mastery of language contributes to the impact and longevity of his work.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Teaching Resources: Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway
In these activities, young scholars will use manuscript drafts, notebooks, and essays to study Woolf's experimentation with form and use of language during the lengthy process of composition. They will also consider the work in the...
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: Power and Conflict
Find out how war and conflict shaped literature throughout the 20th century.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: Mrs Dalloway: Exploring Consciousness
Elaine Showalter describes how, in Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf uses stream of consciousness to enter the minds of her characters and portray cultural and individual change in the period following the First World War.
National Academy of Engineering
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century: Highways
Students learn about highways in the 20th century. Some topics investigated are WWI lessons, interstates, and ongoing improvements. The resource consists of historical information, a timeline, and a personal essay by a key innovator.
George Mason University
George Mason University: Between the Wars: The Palmer Raids
Looks at the anti-communist 'Red Scare' that followed WWI with the upheaval of the Russian government, and includes Palmer's essay "The Case Against the Reds" and Emma Goldman's account of her deportation back to Russia.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: United States Enters World War I
A brief overview of America's entry into WWI and President Woodrow Wilson's negotiations with Germany to facilitate an end to the war.
The History Place
The History Place: World War Ii in Europe Timeline
This site from The History Place provides this extensive timeline of the events of WWII from the end of WWI until the conclusion of the War. Links to major events include photos along with additional information throughout.
The History Place
The History Place: The Defeat of Hitler: Enter the Bunker
Describes the succession of defeats experienced by the Germans as the Allied forces advanced. Hitler conscripted old men who had served in WWI and young boys, sending them into battle where most died. Meanwhile he enacted a...
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Who Killed the Red Baron?
Forensic experts look at solving the mystery of the Red Baron, WWI flying ace's death.
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Aviation
Module with visual history of aviation in America. Students and teachers can find videos on topics beginning with pioneers in aviation, WWI and WWII, Airships and more. Links to related resources can be found on this site.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Woodrow Wilson: "The Fourteen Points"
This is the text for Wilson's "The Fourteen Points," a statement of principles for world peace to be used in the negotiations for the end of WWI, delivered on January 8, 1918.
Ibis Communications
Eyewitness to History: America in the 1930s: The Bonus Army
Vivid and succinct account of the efforts and struggles of WWI veterans who marched on Washtington D.C. to demand their veterans' benefits. Article describes their forced dispersement by the army, which strained the confidence of the...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Aftermath: Ku Klux Klan Pamplet, Early 1930s
Around the time of WWI, the KKK made a big comeback, and in the 1920s, around 150,000 Texans were part of the Klan's "invisible empire." Read about the rise and fall of the KKK in Texas, and see the front cover of a KKK pamphlet.
Library of Congress
Loc: Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures
A collection of photos from newspapers during WWI as well as a timeline and essays on pertinent topics.
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