The session explores debates around conscription, civil liberties, and voluntary service, placing students at the center of this historic decision-making.
This session explores how Americans debated participation in a global conflict while confronting questions of voting rights, representation and the needs of “America First.”
A Summer 2026 digital professional learning opportunity to assist teachers in integrating stories of athletes and WWI – the courage, sacrifice, and social change spurred on by the Great War – in their classrooms.
Using clips from the Lucasfilm documentary General John J. Pershing and His American Army made in conjunction with The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, students will learn about General John J.
In this lesson, students explore China’s largely overlooked but deeply influential role in World War I. Although China was prevented by Japan from sending combat troops, it contributed more than 140...
In this lesson, students will be introduced to the concept of camouflage generally, learn how “dazzle ship” camouflage was invented and implemented during WWI, read a letter about another type of...
On December 7, 1917, the United States declared war on Germany marking their entry into the Great War. As the United States was entering the war, Russia’s internal political revolutions led them to...
“India in the Great War: Fighting for Britain, Dreaming of Freedom” explores India’s critical yet often overlooked role in World War I and the lasting impact of that involvement on the nation’s...
While most histories of World War I focus on Europe, over two million Africans were drawn into the conflict as soldiers, porters, and laborers. This lesson introduces students to the some of the...