Classroom Materials

World War I brought about significant and lasting cultural changes, including the way women dress. In this conversation with Dr. Maude Bass-Krueger and Dr. Sophie Kurkdjian, curators of the exhibition...

What role did female impersonations in various soldier camp performances play in allowing soldiers to explore their identity? Understanding LGBTQ history in the complex setting of a global war is...

Articles from historic American newspapers document the coverage of women in espionage during the First World War. All the linked articles and many more are searchable via the Chronicling America:...

As public and personal hygiene adapted to slow the spread of influenza in 1918, so did clothing. From mask mandates to suit bans, learn more about the pandemic's influence on fashion with this article...

This online exhibit outlines the major factors and themes that led to German defeat during the 100 Days Offensive and the immense cost of this last stretch of the conflict. Accompanied by photos that...

From the Jewish Women's Archive, this encyclopedia entry details the life of American writer and iconoclast Gertrude Stein. Stein and her lifelong companion Alice Toklas volunteered for the American...

From soldiers in the Artists Rifles and nurses in the Voluntary Aid Detachment to working class suffragettes and young women, see who wore what — and why they wore it — in Great Britain during the...

Collaborative by design, Home Before the Leaves Fall is a multi-institutional project highlighting materials and resources on the Great War, with articles curated by individual scholars and experts...

Y.W.C.A. volunteer Moina Michael was inspired to create and wear poppies to remember the fallen of WWI after reading John McCrae's poem "In Flanders Fields." This 2018 article by Ciara Nugent explores...

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...

How WWI Changed America includes a series of "toolkits" for educators with resources, lessons, videos and podcasts about the enduring impact of the First World War in the United States. This project...

As true with all Americans, LGBT individuals volunteered for, objected against and fought in World War I. With few exceptions, notably American expatriates Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas, most...

The Hundred Days Offensive was a series of attacks by the Allied troops at the end of World War I. Starting on August 8, 1918, and ending with the Armistice on November 11, the Offensive led to the...

A multi-day warm-up that encourages exploration of the impact of the war on both sides of the conflict. Students are assigned the profile of an individual who was involved in World War I. At the end...

Between the spring of 1918 and 1919, a virulent and fatal influenza swept the United States. This guide provides information for researching the "Influenza Epidemic of 1918 (Spanish Flu)" in the...