Fixing the Fallen: Medical Advances in WWI

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...

In Flanders Fields

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...

Creative Illustrations: Technology of WWI

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...

Switchboard Soldiers: Women in WWI

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.

Classroom VR Trunks: Choctaw Code Talkers 1918

“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...

U.S. History Mini Simulations

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...
CFR Education from the Council on Foreign Relations
Cooperative Board Game

War Toys: Evac Ops

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...
War Toys

Teaching the Armenian Genocide

This collection of resources from the Genocide Education Project includes lesson plans, articles, stories, case studies and more, all centered on the genocide that took place in the Ottoman Empire...
The Genocide Education Project

Internment During the Great War

The Internment Research Centre (IRC) in Hawick is open to anyone interested in past and present internment throughout the world. Its resources range from local to global and offer...
Internment Research Centre
Digital Graphic Novel

Where the Poppies Blow: The Life and Lessons of John McCrae

Who was John McCrae and why is he important? This digital graphic novel's striking illustrations portray his remarkable life, from humble beginnings in small-town Ontario to some of the toughest...
TEACH Magazine

Creating a WWI Children's Book

As the final assessment for a unit on World War I, students demonstrate their knowledge and critical analysis skills by creating their own children's book about the war. This project involves...