On Nov. 11, 1918, after more than four years of horrific fighting and the loss of millions of lives, the guns on the Western Front fell silent. Although fighting continued elsewhere, the armistice...

Illustrations from historic newspapers in the collections of the Library of Congress detail events of the First World War alongside other news of the day.This online collection is drawn from the...

This active-learning lesson helps students learn more about World War I and the modern Middle East, through research and an activity creating their own exhibition for a Museum of the Middle East in...

The following PDFs are the full transcripts of three videos used within the National WWI Museum and Memorial's Main Gallery. Use the script from the video as reference for an onsite field trip, or as...

In this resource, students explore a virtual exhibit on medicine during the First World War. Health and fitness were central to building a strong military force, and sick and wounded soldiers required...

This 9 1/2 minute video from The Great War Channel explains the internal struggles and revolution affecting neutral Mexico during World War I, and how Germany's stance against the United States...

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...

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...

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.

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...