Classroom Materials

In this lesson, students will read excerpts from an American soldier’s memoir in which he describes the combat, valor, and hardships faced while fighting on the Western Front. This soldier, John Lewis...

In this English Language Arts lesson, students read and analyze Aline Murray Kilmer’s poem, “Things,” which explores topics like memorialization, permanence and loss. After analyzing the poem,...

Students explore the important roles dogs played during World War I, such as messengers, medics and morale boosters. Through reading, discussion and a cause-and-effect graphic organizer, students...

Students will analyze the role of war horses and the ways veterinary medicine evolved during the war. Students will complete image analysis, research readings and create a poster. As an extension,...

Through the exploration of a poem written by WWI pilot, Gordon Alchin, students will discover one perspective of the life a pilot during the Great War. Students will analyze the positive and negative...

World War I was the first global conflict fought on an industrial scale, and transportation was a critical component to how the war was waged and sustained. This lesson explores how transportation,...

In this lesson, students will explore the connections between civic responsibility and memory. In 1919, the Kansas City community came together to fund the creation of a memorial to those who served...

In this lesson, students will explore the digital exhibition, “In a Shady Meadow Green: American Memorials to WWI”, to come to their own answer to the question: What is the purpose of a memorial?...

This lesson introduces students to the origins of World War I, focusing on the political, economic and social factors that contributed to the war's outbreak. Through interactive activities, primary...

Through a collaboration with immersionED, explore a new way to bring history to life in your classroom. The World War I History course is an immersive exploration of the war through the perspectives...

In this short activity, students learn what observation balloons are and how they differ from dirigibles and free balloons. Then, students look at photographs from, and of, observation balloons to...

In this activity, students learn how some methods used to inform the American public about the war effort were not always honest. Students will play a game from the BBC to see if they can identify if...

This lesson set includes a series of activities designed to be used while watching each vignette from the “Sabaton Animated Film: The War to End All Wars.“ For each song, an activity, discussion...

In this lesson, students explore the women’s suffrage movement with a focus on the events surrounding the 1913 Women’s March and the eventual passage of the 19th Amendment. Using primary sources,...

In this lesson, students analyze posters and speculate why specific techniques were used when engaging with women and asking them to join the war effort overseas. Done in thirty minutes or less, this...