This primary source collection from the Library of Congress focuses on the Treaty of Versailles, was signed by Germany and the Allied Nations on June 28, 1919, formally ending World War I. This...

Delivering messages during World War I was not an easy task. Communication lines were often damaged by artillery fire, so soldiers often relied on carrier pigeons to deliver messages. These eleven...

This multimedia online exhibition features maps, images, posters, advertisements, music and more to explore connections between WWI and the explosive growth of the cigarette industry.

As history becomes tangible, WWI will come alive in the classroom when students work with artifacts. Using their senses, observations, past knowledge and critical thinking skills students will learn...

This article published in 1919 in the American Legion Weekly describes the actions of carrier pigeons during the War, including the heroic flights of pigeons Cher Ami, Big Tom, President Wilson, and...

14 18 NOW, a project from the Imperial War Museums, worked with Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson to restore, and then colorize, footage from the First World War. The ensuing award-winning...

In this lesson orginally created by Dr. Pellom McDaniels, III, Students will examine the conditions for African Americans living in the United States during the time of the Great War (1914-1918),...

In January of 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to...

The purpose of this blog is to expand and modernize this complex space of memory by featuring today's writers and scholars inspired by writing or events of WWI. As such contributions are such an...