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American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhtml/
On this site, you can listen to more than 50 sound recordings of speeches by American leaders between 1918-1929 related to World War I and the 1920 presidential election.

Lesson Plan: What Are We Fighting For Over There?
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/00/lincolnm/ intro.html
This site offers three standards-based lesson plans in which students familiarize themselves with different perspectives on WWI and ultimately take on the role of a WWI newspaper reporter.

Modules on Major Topics in American History: World War I
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/module16/index.html
In the World War I module, you can access a brief overview of the war, primary source documents, learning tools, visual aids, and additional resources.

The Great War and the Shaping of the Twentieth Century
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/index.html
This companion site to the PBS documentary The Great War includes an animated map and timeline along with brief essays on the effects of WWI on the rest of the twentieth century.

People's Century: Killing Fields
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/episodes/killingfields/
Through interviews with a French Medical Volunteer and a member of the British Infantry, this companion site to the series People's Century offers insights into the French and British perspective on World War I. A teacher's guide accompanies the interview clips.

Military Resources: World War I
http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/military/ ww1.html
This site contains an annotated list of online resources about America's involvement in World War I.

United States Entry into World War I: A Documentary Chronology of World War I
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=471
This site provides a curriculum unit featuring three lesson plans about the U.S. entry into WWI, as well as a detailed timeline and an extensive collection of related links.

Documents of World War I
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/ww1.htm
On this site you will find an extensive list of documents and Web sites related to WWI, categorized by the year.

World War I: Trenches on the Web
http://www.worldwar1.com/
This comprehensive site includes a photo archive, map and media rooms, narratives, timelines, trivia, biographies, discussion forums, and much more.

Gerard, James W. My Four Years in Germany. MT: Kessinger Publishing Company, 2005.

My Four Years in Germany (1918). Dir. William Nigh. (Warner Brothers)

Strategy Resources

An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera
http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/pehome.html
This site contains an extensive collection of primary sources including advertisements, pamphlets, programs, and other memorabilia from ordinary activities in America between the seventeenth century and present day.

The War on the Walls
http://exhibitions.library.temple.edu/ww1/
This exhibition presents selections from a collection of World War I posters currently housed in Temple University Libraries' Special Collections. Each poster is accompanied by primary source material and commentary intended to provide additional context, insight, and interpretation.

First Call: American Posters of World War I
http://www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/guac/ amposter_99/
This site features more than 20 posters used in WWI for recruitment in the armed forces and for encouraging efforts on the home front.

Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/ powers_of_persuasion_home.html
This site contains WWII posters divided into two categories, those that focus on American strength and those that invoke fear of the enemy.

World War II Poster Collection
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govinfo/collections/ wwii-posters/
This site features a comprehensive collection of over 300 posters issued by U.S. Federal agencies from the onset of war through 1945.

The Authentic History Center
http://www.authentichistory.com/
On this site, you can access primary sources of American popular culture from the pre-Civil War era through the present day, including speeches, music, posters, cartoons, and comic books.

Propaganda and Disinformation
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/propaganda.html
This site provides descriptions and citations of propaganda films made during the early anti-Communism era, WWI, WWII, and the Cold War.

Disney Goes to War
http://www.skylighters.org/disney/
This site features posters by Walt Disney with classic Disney characters made during WWII at the request of the U.S. Army, Navy, and government.

Classroomtools.com-Dueling Posters
http://www.classroomtools.com/armyprop.htm
On this site, you will find a lesson plan for teaching about propaganda that includes four posters from WWI, WWII, and the Vietnam War.