World War I Learning Centers
Name: ______________________________
Directions: Rotate tables answering questions concerning different aspects of the United States’
participation in World War I. When you are finished, turn in your packet.
Center 1: Photographs
Center 2: Music of the era “Over There”:
Read the lyrics provided and listen to the song. Then answer the following questions
1. Why do you think this song was used as a marching song?
2. Why would this song cause people to give money for the war effort?
3. What values and principles do these song lyrics reflect?
Center3: Trench Warfare (World War I literature)
Pretend you are a soldier fighting in World War I. Go through the pages, reading each caption
that goes with each slide from the slide script
Write a letter to your family or a friend from the World War I trenches in Europe. The letter
should be written so that the reader understands the stress and trauma of life in the trenches. Use
the excerpts from All Quiet on the Western Front to help you during this writing exercise. The
letter should fit on the mailgram below. It should describe all of the following:
a) The fear and anticipation you felt in the trenches
b) Your living conditions and daily life in the trenches
c) Your morale and what you do to keep your spirits up in the trenches
Center 2: Music of the era “Over There”:
Read the lyrics provided and listen to the song. Then answer the following questions
4. Why do you think this song was used as a marching song?
5. Why would this song cause people to give money for the war effort?
6. What values and principles do these song lyrics reflect?
Center 4: Minorities in the Military
Select one narrative/letter concerning women and the other African American narrative/letter.
Women in military
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What type of document is this?
Who wrote it?
To whom (if applicable)?
List three things the author said that you think are important.
5. Describe two things the document tells you about minorities in the United States military.
African Americans in the military
1. What type of document is this?
2. Who wrote it?
3. To whom (if applicable)?
4. List three things the author said that you think are important.
5. Describe two things the document tells you about minorities in the United States military.
Center 6: Impact of Treaty of Versailles
The end of World War I brought many changes to the map of Europe, especially to those
countries that were part of the Central Powers. Russia-which was once part of the Allies, but
which left the group to make a separate peace with Germany was also significantly changed.
The two maps show the “before and after” of Europe
1. According to the maps what countries came into existence after World War I?
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2. What five countries were formed from land that was once Russian land?
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3. Which country lost the greatest amount of land after World War I?
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4. What was the former Russia called after World War I?
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5. Which of the following two countries gained land after World War I?
Romania or Bulgaria (Circle one)
6. Look at a world map today:
Explain how the map of Europe has changed SINCE the end of World War I.