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This database includes articles, lesson plans and primary sources from the National WWI Museum and Memorial and our partners around the world, presented in collaboration with the United States World War One Centennial Commission.

Do you have resources that you want to share or have questions? Contact us at education@theworldwar.org.


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The Reel Story of the Great War

Prologue Magazine Article

Creator: National Archives
The National Archives has preserved video resources since the Great War. From footage of the men in training camps and trenches, families at home and women working in factories and on farms, America at war can be viewed over 100 years later. Read this article to see just what’s available to educators and learners, and how the National Archives has preserved this footage for future generations.
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They Shall Not Grow Old

Resources and Toolkit

Creator: 14-18 NOW and Imperial War Museums
14‑18 NOW, a project from the Imperial War Museums, worked with Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson to restore, and then colorize, footage from the First World War. The ensuing award-winning documentary, They Shall Not Grow Old, looks at the war, providing views of the battlefield and the homefront as the soldiers themselves saw it. 14‑18 NOW has also created multi-disciplinary resource toolkits for educators to use the film in the classroom.
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Museum Film Scripts

Full transcripts of videos used within the Museum and Memorial

Creator: National WWI Museum and Memorial
The following PDFs are the full transcripts of three videos used within the National WWI Museum and Memorial's Main Gallery. Use the script from the video as reference for an onsite field trip, or as a groundwork for discussing WWI with your class. Introductory Film - Download PDF, Horizon Theater Film - Download PDF, Peace Film - Download PDF

How Woodrow Wilson's Propaganda Machine Changed American Journalism

Creator: Smithsonian Magazine
The Committee on Public Information, also known as the Creel Committee after chairman George Creel, was created by President Wilson to help control all war related news and promote the war effort at home. This article by Christopher B. Daly from Smithsonian Magazine highlights the various operations of the Creel Committee's propaganda machine that set the example for propaganda's use during later wars.
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The End of the War

The Armistice and the Treaty of Versailles

Creator: National WWI Museum and Memorial
Why did fighting stop in World War I? How did Europe (and the rest of the world) move forward once it was no longer at war? Students grades 5-9 will discover how the Treaty of Versailles brings an end to the First World War for Germany and the “Big 3” with this lesson.
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CSI Holy Land

WWI in the Middle East: Analyzing Primary Source Documents

Creator: National WWI Museum and Memorial, Lisa Adeli
How was the Middle East connected to the origins of WWI? What did war in the Middle East look like? How was the peace process different for the Middle East than it was for European nations? This lesson helps students develop their reading, writing and analytical skills, while also learning more about World War I and the modern Middle East. Students read primary accounts (diaries and newspaper accounts), analyze visual images (photographs and drawings), conduct research and create a documentary or news program.
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Razzle Dazzle

Dazzle Camouflage Coloring Sheet

Creator: National WWI Museum and Memorial
This brief article and coloring sheet activity provides younger learners with more information on the “dazzle camouflage” used to protect ships in WWI. Used first by Britain’s Royal Navy, the idea behind dazzle camouflage was to create a mix of lines, shapes and colors that would help a ship better blend into the ocean or to make it difficult for spotters to pinpoint the ship’s exact location.
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Dazzle Painting

World War I Podcast Series

Creator: MacArthur Memorial
This episode of MacArthur Memorial's World War I Podcast series explores Dazzle paintings of ships. This jarring, brightly colored paint scheme helped camouflage ships and made it hard for U-Boats to gauge the speed and direction of the vessel.
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Devastation Wrought by U-Boats in WWI

Interactive Map

Creator: Smithsonian magazine, Esri, Li Zhou
Germany's use of unrestricted submarine warfare, where U-boat submarines were used to sink both military and merchant ships without warning, was very controversial and provocative. Smithsonian magazine and GIS-mapping company Esri have created an interactive map of the attacks by German U-boats during WWI. The accompanying article by Li Zhou details Germany's decision to use this type of warfare and how it forever changed the rules of war.
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Trenches of World War I

An Immersive Tour

Creator: National WWI Museum and Memorial
Explore several model WWI trenches and understand the history of trench warfare with this narrated, immersive online tour. The tour can also be viewed as a VR experience using Google Cardboard-compatible device. Visit Google Arts and Culture to learn more.
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WWI: How History Shaped Technology

STEM in 30

Creator: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
This video webcast series from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum creates an interactive classroom program consisting of 30-minute webcasts that engage middle school students in STEM topics ranging from WWI airplanes to rovers on Mars.
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Technology Lesson

Technology in World War I

Creator: MacArthur Memorial

Using primary sources, students will use this worksheet to think critically about changes in technology that brought tanks, planes, and submarines to the battlefield.

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Changing Technology Lesson Plan

CHANGING TECHNOLOGY, CHANGING TACTICS

How technology changed the way WWI was fought

Creator: National WWI Museum and Memorial
Why is WWI considered the first “modern” war? In this lesson, high school students will consider the advancement in technology and, specifically, adaptations of trench warfare based on technological advances through discussion, primary sources and a hands-on activity.
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Destruction of the Ecosystem

Creator: Tait Keller
This article by Tait Keller posted to 1914-1918 Online: International Encyclopedia of the First World War examines the ecological impact of WWI, explaining in detail how large-scale environmental transformations came from expanded production and industrialization during the war rather than just the tolls of combat.
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World War I

Creator: National History Day
National History Day has engaged with several partners to commemorate the World War I Centennial. NHD has created (and is creating) resources to offer different perspectives on the war, engage students with unique primary sources, and remember those who served and sacrificed as part of the war effort. This collection includes numerous lesson plans, webinars, videos and interactives.
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about this project


The United States World War One Centennial Commission and the National WWI Museum and Memorial are dedicated to educating the public about the causes, events and consequences of the conflict and we encourage the use of these resources to better understand the Great War and its enduring impact on the global community.

Assisting in this endeavor are:
 


Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona         Virginia Cooperative Extension 4-H         Google Arts & Culture         New York State Archives Partnership Trust / New York State Archives
 

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