Classroom Materials

Former Haskell Institute student Lutiant Van Wert sent this letter to her friend Louise, who was still at the school. Van Wert describes her work as a volunteer nurse in Washington, DC, during the...

The Choctaw Code Talkers used their own language as basis for a military code that was never broken. This 1919 letter from the Commanding Officer of the 142nd Infantry to the Commanding General of the...

From the Arab American National Museum, this primary source letter from the Syrian American Club of Boston to a soldier provides a glimpse into the lives of Arab Americans during the war. Explore more...

In this lesson, students research primary source photographs from World War I, to create a "letter home" to describe the scene, all while answering the following questions: "What can we learn about...

Trenches stretched for thousands of miles across the Western Front. This short video by HISTORY® explores how the millions of soldiers lived and fought in the trenches. (4 min) TV-PG...

Advances in medicine have prevented the recurrence of another global Influenza outbreak on the scale of a century ago, yet weaknesses to new viruses remain. In his lecture Influenza's Threat: Then and...

A full digitization (364 images) of the 1929 Pilgrimage for the Mothers and Widows of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines of the American Forces, an index of Gold Star Mothers and Wives entitled to travel...

In this article, Professor Emeritus Modris Eksteins analyzes the use, and limitations, of literature as a way of confronting the atrocities and devastation of the WWI, primarily focusing on literature...

Many countries drafted animals into service, including Australia. While many of their animals were the same as those used by other countries, some were distinctly Australian. It was not uncommon to...

A podcast series created as part of Home Before the Leaves Fall (wwionline.org), each episode is approximately 30-50 minutes long and is available to stream or download. Topics include chronological...

In an era of federal segregation, the national call as "champions of the rights of mankind" rang hollow. Many African Americans saw the war as an opportunity to redefine their U.S. citizenship and...

World War One resulted in radical changes to national boundaries. Professor David Stevenson, London School of Economics & Political Science, explains the changes that took place in Europe's...

Using the maps provided, students will identify the alliances of 1914 and answer questions about borders in the Middle East as result of the war.

How are art and history related? How did the culture of pre-war Europe influence painter Marsden Hartley's work? In this lesson, students will learn about the origins of the Great War and how to...

During the war, the U.S. Army mobilized medical resources to create one hundred large base hospitals. This website has been created to tell the story of Base Hospital #28, the 2,500 bed military base...