Classroom Materials

The Museum and Memorial’s Online Collection is a powerful tool to connect students directly with primary sources from the Great War. Below are some tips to help you and your students make the most of...

In this lesson, students will learn about the concept of Ecological Succession through Zone Rouge. This was land, after World War I, that was deemed too physically and environmentally damaged by...

In this project, students will work in groups to develop a new uniform for a pre-assigned national military to be used in a specific location at a predetermined time of year. This activity will...

In this lesson, students will investigate the concepts of counter technologies and reactive measures as deterrents and solutions to warfare. In small groups students will identify measures and...

Through research, students will learn about conscientious objection and its role in World War I. After exploring the background of specific conscientious objectors, students will build an evidence...

Vintage-style posters were created by French artist DOZ for all ABMC cemeteries and five monuments and memorials to mark ABMC’s centennial. These posters include sites kept by the American Battle...

The question of which country bears the most responsibility for causing World War I continues to be debated by historians. The countries of Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Serbia, Great Britain, and...

Students will work together to explore primary and secondary sources to learn about seven different advances in medicine during WWI. They will use this knowledge to write a case study of a fictional...

Students will gain historical knowledge through the use of poetry written by soldiers and civilians during and after WWI. Students will read poems and connect the content to the realities of the Great...

In this lesson, students will study technology used during WWI through examples described in “All Quiet on the Western Front”. Students will use imagery and words to create a Black-Out poem or Found...

Students will take on the roles of soldiers and spies, completing learning tasks while working to uncover the spies in the room. Students will learn about a variety of methods used for spying and...

Women at the time of WWI were still fighting for Universal Suffrage (twelve states in the west had given women the right to vote), but when the Great Warbroke out it created opportunities for women.

“Choctaw Code Talkers 1918” is a virtual reality experience that tells the incredible story of America’s original Code Talkers. Stationed in France in 1918, soldiers from the Choctaw Nation of...

In this series of historical mini simulations, students step into the shoes of policymakers to advise the U.S. president on how to respond to major foreign policy moments in U.S. history. These eight...

War Toys is a nonprofit organization that uses play to safely confront the harsh realities of war, promoting peace around the world. Through unique, art-therapy-based collaborations in the field, we...