Articles, Primary Sources, Lesson Plans

Canada and the First World War

From the Canadian War Museum, explore Canada's contributions to WWI. This series of articles looks into the history and technology of the war, through articles and objects from the museum's collection...
Canadian War Museum
Online Blog

Centennial Countdown to the Great War

Written by Dennis Cross, this blog reviews the events of war one hundred years ago to the date. Each month, Cross creates a full article on the war's events with an extensive list of sources and...
Dennis Cross, Centennial Countdown to the Great War
Curriculum Plan

Changing Technology, Changing Tactics

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.

Exhibition brochure

Chavaniac, We are Here!

These documents, supported by the French Centennial commission, look at the U.S. entry to WWI and its continued impact through the specific story of Château de Chavaniac-Lafayette. Originally created...
Departement de la Haute-Loire
Primary Source Newspapers

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

Tens of thousands of historic U.S. newspaper pages from 1836-1922 document world events and everyday American life, including the era of the First World War and its aftermath.
Library of Congress
Online Article

Colonial Empires after the War: Decolonization

European colonies mobilized to assist with the war effort. After the Armistice, many colonists took hope from Woodrow Wilson's idea of "self-determination" from his Fourteen Points. This article...
1914-1918 Online
Video Lecture

Companions In The Trenches: Animals of World War 1

Horses, dogs and pigeons were some of the animals used most frequently by both sides during the War. In this video from The Great War Channel, host Indy Neidell describes in detail how these animals...
The Great War YouTube Channel
Online Exhibition

Continuing Conflict: Europe After the First World War

While the Armistice officially ended fighting on the Western Front, peace was not achieved on all fronts until 1923. This article from IWM highlights the surprising number of post-war conflicts,...
Imperial War Museums
Podcast

WWI Podcast Series: Dazzle Painting

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...
MacArthur Memorial
Academic Paper by Tait Keller

Destruction of the Ecosystem

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...
1914-1918 Online
Article, Interactive Map

Devastation Wrought by U-Boats in WWI

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...
Smithsonian Magazine, Esri, Li Zhou
Primary Source Clothing

Kyoto Costume Institute Digital Archives: 1910s

The breadth of European imperialism - particularly of the British and French - stretched deep into Africa and Asia, introducing Western colonizers to a myriad of new textiles, patterns, and styles of...
The Kyoto Costume Institute