12: Imperialism/World War I

12: Imperialism/World War I

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BBC News - World War One: 10 interpretations of who started WW1
BBC News - World War One: 10 interpretations of who started WW1
The Causes of World War I lesson has been done perhaps more than any other lesson, except perhaps the Constitutional Convention. Yet in a World Studies or History course it's a staple lesson, this provides a brief overview of ten different explanations. Why not throw them into a "final four" bracket and set the students free to find support for them.? This helps with a Treaty of Versailles lesson as well.
#AP European History#World Studies Revision#WS Unit 7: Fascism World Wars#US II Unit 3: World War I
·bbc.co.uk·
BBC News - World War One: 10 interpretations of who started WW1
When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink? - Smithsonian
When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink? - Smithsonian
One way to teach perspective is to challenge long-held beliefs that students assume have always been true. How many students believe that pink has always been a girls color and blue a boy color? This Smithsonian article shows this common association is less than 100 years old.
#US History II#US II Unit 3: World War I
·smithsonianmag.com·
When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink? - Smithsonian
Chronicling America: Uncovering a World at War | EDSITEment
Chronicling America: Uncovering a World at War | EDSITEment
This lesson provides students with the tools to analyze primary source newspaper articles printed from 1914 through 1917, enabling them to better appreciate and understand the role of public opinion and newspapers regarding the U.S. entry into WWI from multiple perspectives and to practice thinking critically about the variety of opinion available in this medium.
#lesson plan#primary source#US II Unit 3: World War I
·edsitement.neh.gov·
Chronicling America: Uncovering a World at War | EDSITEment
The U.S. Confiscated Half a Billion Dollars in Private Property During WWI | History | Smithsonian
The U.S. Confiscated Half a Billion Dollars in Private Property During WWI | History | Smithsonian
Although Michel Palmer appears in the US History canon as the leader of the 20's Red Scare Palmer Raids, he was the "Alien Property Custodian" during World War I. Appointed by Woodrow Wilson under Trading with the Enemy Act, Palmer directed the seizure of more than a half-billion dollars worth of personal property during World War I. This Smithsonian articles describes these seizures and the interment camps of the First World War.
#US II Unit 3: World War I
·smithsonianmag.com·
The U.S. Confiscated Half a Billion Dollars in Private Property During WWI | History | Smithsonian
Passengers board British liner Lusitania at Pier 54 in New York, United states. HD Stock Footage - YouTube
Passengers board British liner Lusitania at Pier 54 in New York, United states. HD Stock Footage - YouTube
This 3 minutes of film was made on May 1, 1954 on Pier 54. Passengers arrive at the pier and the ship is loaded - much of the film was shot from a nearby building at deck level. Although this is watermarked it can be shown as students come in the room for that "start of world war I lessn"
#US II Unit 3: World War I#WS Unit 7: Fascism World Wars
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Passengers board British liner Lusitania at Pier 54 in New York, United states. HD Stock Footage - YouTube
Was There a Cover-Up After the Sinking of the 'Lusitania'?
Was There a Cover-Up After the Sinking of the 'Lusitania'?
This interview with Erik Larson seems to break new ground, but only to the people who hadn't heard this before. The fact that the British were tracking the submarine that sank the Lusitania has been public for some time, but it has never made it into general knowledge or contemporary understanding. The question for teacher is - do you include this?
#US II Unit 3: World War I#WS Unit 7: Fascism World Wars
·news.nationalgeographic.com·
Was There a Cover-Up After the Sinking of the 'Lusitania'?
The USA Before Joining World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR - Special - YouTube
The USA Before Joining World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR - Special - YouTube
This 9 1/2 minute video provides as good a foundation as any reading or textbook. If teachers are implementing an inquiry lesson into Americans involvement in the war this could help. As an alternative, students could fact-check the video or find evidence that either supports or refutes its assertions
#video documentary#US II Unit 3: World War I
·youtube.com·
The USA Before Joining World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR - Special - YouTube
U-20 Ledger from the British Admiralty's Room 40
U-20 Ledger from the British Admiralty's Room 40
This is the ledger book of captured and de-coded messages from the German submarine that sank the Lusitania. Not only were the British aware of submarine activity in the Irish Sea, they tracked the one that ultimately sank the Lusitania (U-20). Scroll down to page 5 and you'll see the specific entry for the sinking.
#new evidence#digitization#primary source#US II Unit 3: World War I#WS Unit 7: Fascism World Wars
·lusitania.net·
U-20 Ledger from the British Admiralty's Room 40
Memorializing a Distinguished Services Cross Recipient
Memorializing a Distinguished Services Cross Recipient
Although this lesson plan is written for middle school, it can easily be adapted to high school classes. This is a "history on a small scale" project/lesson in which students choose one of the many recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross and research their background, the nature of their service and their role in the war
#US History I#lesson plan#US II Unit 3: World War I
·nhd.org·
Memorializing a Distinguished Services Cross Recipient
Why did Congress Reject the League of Nations?
Why did Congress Reject the League of Nations?
n this activity, students think like historians to understand arguments in favor of and against President Woodrow Wilson’s proposed League of Nations as part of the 1919 Congressional battle over the Treaty of Versailles. Intended for use within a larger unit of study about the end of World War I and its legacy, students practice historical thinking strategies as they read and listen to the speeches for insight into the Senate’s ultimate rejection of the League of Nations.
#lesson plan#primary source#US II Unit 3: World War I
·loc.gov·
Why did Congress Reject the League of Nations?
America’s war on language | OxfordWords blog
America’s war on language | OxfordWords blog
This adds to the evidence to any understanding of the atmosphere of public opinion in the United States at the start of World War I. Students can be be tasked first with following the chain of evidence cited in the article to determine if it is accurate - or to discover what other understandings can be drawn from that evidence.
#US II Unit 3: World War I
·blog.oxforddictionaries.com·
America’s war on language | OxfordWords blog
Fritz Haber’s Experiments in Life and Death
Fritz Haber’s Experiments in Life and Death
Fritz Haber won the nobel prize for chemistry because his discoveries made it possible to mass produce fertilizers. Yet he also played an integral role in the development of poison gas weapons for Germany. Teachers have been telling students about trenches, machines guns and tanks for years - but the biography of Fritz Haber provides a focal point for a much stronger lesson in any scope and sequence of World War I lessons. After explaining how technology made the defense stronger than the offense on the battlefield and the trenches that resulted, teachers and students can explore the way in which the scientists were called in to break the stalemate on the battlefield.
#US II Unit 3: World War I#WS Unit 7: Fascism World Wars
·smithsonianmag.com·
Fritz Haber’s Experiments in Life and Death
Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, The Lansing Papers, 1914–1920, Volume I - Office of the Historian
Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, The Lansing Papers, 1914–1920, Volume I - Office of the Historian
Six days before the Lusitania was sunk, this letter, with a copy of a German advertisement published in American newspaper enclosed was sent from Robert Lansing to the Secretary of State of the United States raising concerns over the US policy toward Germany.
#primary source#US II Unit 3: World War I
·history.state.gov·
Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, The Lansing Papers, 1914–1920, Volume I - Office of the Historian
Propaganda During World War 1 - Opening Pandora's Box I THE GREAT WAR Special - YouTube
Propaganda During World War 1 - Opening Pandora's Box I THE GREAT WAR Special - YouTube
8 minute video that's "classroom ready" or could be used as a homework assignment from the quality "Great War" youtube series. Propaganda was nothing new at the beginning of World War 1. But the rapid development in mass media and the total war effort by the nations led the way to our modern understanding of mass propaganda, especially in Germany and Britain.
#video documentary#US II Unit 3: World War I#WS Unit 7: Fascism World Wars
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Propaganda During World War 1 - Opening Pandora's Box I THE GREAT WAR Special - YouTube
The Robert Prager Lynching
The Robert Prager Lynching
Excerpts of newspaper articles describing the April 1918 lynching of a 45 year old Illinois coal miner. These articles can be used in a DBQ or as a launching point for student research into the incident itself. What can we find out about Robert Prager? How can we be certain? What does his death tell us about American public opinion in World War I - and how do we know that?
#primary source#US II Unit 3: World War I
·web.viu.ca·
The Robert Prager Lynching
The site of origin of the 1918 influenza pandemic and its public health implications
The site of origin of the 1918 influenza pandemic and its public health implications
This article from the National Institute of Health describes the Spanish Flu's origins in Kansas in January of 1918. The flu killed far more people than World War I, but may only get a passing mention in US History classes. It deserves more attention
The 1918–1919 influenza pandemic killed more people than any other outbreak of disease in human history. The lowest estimate of the death toll is 21 million, while recent scholarship estimates from 50 to 100 million dead. World population was then only 28% what is today, and most deaths occurred in a sixteen week period, from mid-September to mid-December of 1918.
#myth canon#US II Unit 3: World War I
·ncbi.nlm.nih.gov·
The site of origin of the 1918 influenza pandemic and its public health implications
Four Minute Men: Volunteer Speeches During World War I
Four Minute Men: Volunteer Speeches During World War I
Both teachers and students may find it hard to believe that the "sound bite" might go back as far as World War I, but the "Four Minute Men" organized by the Committee of Public Information were organized to deliver them. Students may also be shown how this can inform their writing as well - notice how these directions are designed to change the listener's mind - how does your writing change the reader's mind?
#primary source#US II Unit 3: World War I
·historymatters.gmu.edu·
Four Minute Men: Volunteer Speeches During World War I
The Spruce Production Division
The Spruce Production Division
Starting with a simple question "Why would the US government get into the forestry business", students can be led into a lesson on the relationship between the government and the economy in World War I. The "Spruce Production Division" of the US army was charged with the responsibility of farming spruce to get lumber for airplanes in WWI
#US II Unit 3: World War I
·nps.gov·
The Spruce Production Division
U.S. Senate: Robert M. LaFollette Expulsion Case
U.S. Senate: Robert M. LaFollette Expulsion Case
Do teachers know that there were organizations like the "Minnesota Commission of Public Safety" during WOrld War I? Do they know that this one submitted a petition to the US Senate for Senator LaFollette to be expelled from the Senate? After reading this account of the incident on the US Senate website, how would teachers approach teaching the war differently?
#US II Unit 3: World War I
·senate.gov·
U.S. Senate: Robert M. LaFollette Expulsion Case