Resource Unit on World
War I:
The Great War
Joshua Hazelrigg
Unit 4
Grades 10 & 11
Introduction
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The general theme of this unit is World War I
from an American Standpoint.
Students will be able to identify who the
leaders of the United States were at the
time as well as who the major European
leaders were. Students will also be able to
identify the contributions of different groups
of people in World War I (including men,
women, African-Americans, other minorities,
etc.)
Students will then be prepared for the OGT.
Introduction Con’t
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Students will be able to identify the key
events of World War I, how America
reacted, and the overall outcome of the
war.
Students will also be able to know key
dates from World War I and also the era in
which the war transpired.
Introduction Con’t
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This Resource unit will take place during
the third unit of American Studies which
takes place in mid-October. The classes
are approximately 50 minutes long.
This unit is designed to follow the unit
guidelines of Fairborn High School.
This unit is designed to last approximately
10 full class periods, culminating with an
end of unit test.
Content
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Each section of content will be
divided up within the 10 class
periods. This allows for about 2
class period per section and
also extra time for activities
and questions. This allows for
flexibility within the concepts
and the unit as a whole.
Content:
America Before the Great
War
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This unit will begin with America
before World War I and their
problems domestically and within
Latin America.
This will include Pancho Villa’s
raid of New Mexico, the purchase
of the Virgin Islands and the
overthrow of Latin governments.
Content:
America Before the Great
War
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To illustrate these concepts,
students will have a map
activity to color in the areas of
American involvement in Latin
America.
Also, students will have a
teacher led lecture and
worksheets.
Content:
America’s Neutrality
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Next, students will examine the
alliance system of Europe and the
problems that led to World War I.
This section will lead into America’s
choice of neutrality, their problems
trading with both sides of the war,
and America’s eventual involvement
in the war after the Zimmerman
Note, Lusitania and Sussex.
Content:
America’s Neutrality
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In this area, students will take
part in a trading activity to show
the difficulties of staying neutral
and trading with warring nations.
Also, students may take part in
an alliance activity where they
see how easy a world war begins
through alliances.
Content:
America Goes to War
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This section analyzes America’s
reaction to going to war. This includes
the implementation of the Selective
Service Act, the shifting to war time
goods in industry and the joining of
women and African-Americans in
industry.
Also, students will analyze the effects
on the economy of this mobilization
and “Excess Profits” Tax
Content:
America Goes to War Con’t
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Students will also be able to
analyze and see the problems of a
“melting pot” society.
Students will see the persecution
of German-Americans and also
governments regulation of speech
through the Espionage and
Sedition Acts.
Content:
America Goes to War
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Students will use multiple
activities to illustrate these
points, including a draft activity
to show how businesses needed
minorities to mobilize.
Also, students will be able to
see how discrimination took
place through an activity.
Content:
Victory in Europe
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Finally, Students will learn how
America helped to win the war
and about the aftermath of war.
This will include an analysis of
Wilson’s Fourteen Points, the
Treaty of Versailles, the League
of Nations, and problems of
demobilization after the war.
Content:
Victory in Europe
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To illustrate these points,
students will create their own
14 Points and also try to come
up with their own Treaty of
Versailles through simulation.
Also, more teacher led
instruction will give them
needed concepts for the test.
Concepts and
Vocabulary
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Contraband
Alliances (including
Entente Cordiale &
Triple Alliance)
Armistice
Selective Service
Act
Excess Profits Tax
Persecution
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Mobilization
Victory Garden
Treaty of Versailles
Wilson’s Fourteen
Points
League of Nations
Propaganda
Espionage and
Sedition Acts
Demobilization
Objectives
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History
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• Connect developments
related to WWI with the
onset of WWII.
• Trace the development
of the US as a world
power with emphasis on:
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The decision to enter
into WWI
President Wilson’s
Fourteen Points
The Treaty of Versailles
The decision of the US
not to participate in the
League of Nations
Citizenship Rights and
Responsibilities
• Analyze ways people
achieve government
change, including
political action, social
protest and revolution
• Describe the ways in
which government policy
has been shaped and set
by the influence of
political parties, interest
groups, lobbyists, the
media, and public
opinion with emphasis
on:
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Military Policy
Objectives
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Social Studies Skills and Methods
• Evaluate the reliability and credibility of sources
• Determine the credibility of sources by considering the
following:
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The qualifications and reputation of the writer
Agreement with other credible sources
Recognition of stereotypes
Accuracy and Consistency of sources
The circumstances in which the author prepared the
sources.
• Critique evidence used to support the thesis
• Use data and evidence to support of refute a thesis
• Analyze one or more issues and present a persuasive
argument to defend a position.
Activities
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These activities will help to further
students’ knowledge of the concepts
presented within the unit. These
activities will help to achieve the
objectives set forth in the previous
section. These activities will be
divided into the sections of
Introductory, Developmental, and
Culminating Activities.
Day #1:
Introductory Activities
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On the first day, an intro quiz will be
given to determine which sections of
World War I need the most attention
during lecture. (worth 10 points)
The remainder of the first day will be
lecture on America Before the Great
War.
Homework: Students will read the
first section of the text.
Day #2:
Development and Intro
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Students will be given a map
activity.
They will use information from the
reading to fill out the map of the
countries the US was involved with
prior to WWI in Latin America.
Homework: Finish Map Activity and
read next section (worth 5 points)
Day #3:
Intro & Development
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Students will get a very brief
overview of American Neutrality.
They will then participate in a 2-day
activity on trading during neutrality.
Homework: Create a list of
contraband items for activity and
review their country’s goals and
needs for activity. (worth 5 points)
Day #4:
Development
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The Trading during Neutrality activity is
concluded and a discussion and
analysis writing is completed. (worth
20 points)
Students are then shown clips of World
War I and America being drawn in by
the sinking of the Lusitania.
Homework: Read next section of the
text. Read instructions for Class during
Trench warfare.
Day #5:
Development & Intro
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Class is arranged to represent
trench warfare. A short lecture is
given while students are entrenched.
They are then given a worksheet
about the “Excess Profit” Tax and
how to budget during wartime.
Homework: Complete the “Excess
Profit” Tax sheet and read next
section over the weekend. (worth 10
points)
Day #6:
Further Development
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The class will enter being handed a
worksheet and numbered index cards.
Males will be “drafted” and females will
have to complete the task on the
worksheet. This is to represent the
activities on the home-front.
A short video will follow with a fill-in
worksheet.
Homework: Complete a short writing about
the activity. (worth 15 points)
Day #7:
Intro & Development
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A short lecture about the end of
World War I is completed with
students then analyzing Wilson’s
Fourteen Points and the Treaty of
Versailles.
They are then given instructions
about the simulation for days 8 and
9. Students are split into countries.
Homework: Review country
information for simulation.
Day #8:
Development
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Students come into class and get
into their groups. They will get
their nation’s goals and then
must negotiate with the other
groups to complete a proper
treaty. Countries will negotiate
for the whole class period.
Homework: Write initial Treaty.
(worth 15 points)
Day #9:
Development and Intro
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Students will complete the final
“Treaty”. (worth 30 points)
A short lecture about demobilization
is given with notes sheets.
Students are then given a review
sheet of information for the test on
Day #11.
Homework: Read last section and
study.
Day #10:
Development
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A review session is given to the
students in the form of a
Jeopardy!™ Game.
Homework: STUDY
Day 11:
Culminating
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UNIT TEST
• This test will consist of multiple
choice, short answer, extended
response and matching questions.
The first three question types will
reflect the Ohio Graduation Test.
• This will be worth 100 points.
Culminating Activity
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This activity will be given on Day #3 or #4.
It will be a brief biography of Woodrow
Wilson followed by students creating their
own Fourteen Points. They will have a
week to complete this activity and it will
be in MLA format with at least two
resources.
It will account for about 50 points and will
review the section since President Wilson
was the president during this era.
Evaluation
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These questions are a sampling
of those that will be given on
the unit test.
Multiple Choice
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1.) What was the name of the alliance between Britain, France, and
Russia?
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2.) Who was the President of the United States during World War I?
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Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
Super Alliance
Axis
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
3.) What was America’s initial position during World War I?
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Join the Triple Alliance
Join the Triple Entente
Neutrality
Join the Axis
Multiple Choice
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4.) What country is not part of the Triple Alliance?
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Germany
Ottoman Empire
Japan
Austria-Hungary
5.) What was the name of the Telegraph that Germany sent to Mexico
trying to get them to invade the US?
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Zimmerman Note
Lusitania
Sussex
Fourteen Points
Matching
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Lusitania
Triple Alliance
Versailles
Archduke
Ferdinand
Woodrow Wilson
Selective Service
Act
Espionage and
Sedition Act
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President of the US
during WWI
Germany, AustriaHungary, & Ottoman
Empire
City of Treaty ending
WWI
The Draft
Act passed by
Congress limiting free
speech
Ship sank that helped
push US into WWI
Fill-In the Blank
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The US chose ______________ because it had
more domestic problems and did not want
to enter WWI.
___________ ____________ was a Mexican
rebel who invaded New Mexico.
____________ & _____________ took jobs during
WWI to fill the void created by the draft.
____________ __ _____________ was the group of
countries created after WWI that the US
did not join.
Short Answer / Extended
Response Essay
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Explain how the alliance system
fueled the cause of WWI, what
side the US chose, and why?
Explain whether or not the
Treaty of Versailles worked in
preventing war and why or why
not.
Teacher References
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AMERICA IN THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM:
1898–1920
• Topics include the Panama Canal, antiimperialism, Mark Twain and American life,
Japanese immigration, world diplomacy,
President Roosevelt, minority (anti-lynching)
issues, causes of the Spanish-American war, and
religion.
Teacher References
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AMERICA IN WORLD WAR I
• Lessons include causes of the war, why
the U.S. entered the war, life on the
homefront, propaganda and political
cartoons, the draft, Liberty Loans, the
Great Migration, the end of the war,
Treaty of Versailles, and Woodrow
Wilson and the League of Nations. 179
pages, 414 test questions.
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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT 06/07: Annual Editions
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An anthology of approximately 50 articles reprinted from leading
publications like The New Republic, The American Prospect, and The
Economist. Articles include "How to Treat a Captured Terrorist,"
"Inside the Committee That Runs the World" (Bush's advisers), "High
Court, High Stakes," "Who Should Redistrict," and "Why War Is So
Affordable." A Basic Documents section includes the Declaration of
Independence, the Constitution, and selected Federalist Papers.
Advanced students. Free teacher's guide with 15 or more copies.
Orders filled with the latest edition. Index. Annotated list of Web
sites. Illustrated. 8" x 10½". Dushkin. 222 pages. 36th Edition. ©2007.
$8.00 Teacher’s Guide
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THE 20th CENTURY: World History on File,
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Cold War, apartheid, uprisings in Eastern Europe,
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Teacher References
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CRAM ABBREVIATED UNITED STATES HISTORY SET
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CREATIVE LESSONS ON AMERICAN HISTORY: PART EIGHT
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1. The Spanish-American War
2. The World War I Game
3. The Twenties and Thirties
4. The New Deal
5. Major Battles of World War II
6. Franklin D. Roosevelt
7. The United Nations
8. United States and Europe After World War II
9. Events in the Western Hemisphere
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20TH CENTURY U.S. HISTORY
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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT 06/07: Annual Editions
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An anthology of approximately 50 articles reprinted from leading
publications like The New Republic, The American Prospect, and The
Economist. Articles include "How to Treat a Captured Terrorist,"
"Inside the Committee That Runs the World" (Bush's advisers), "High
Court, High Stakes," "Who Should Redistrict," and "Why War Is So
Affordable." A Basic Documents section includes the Declaration of
Independence, the Constitution, and selected Federalist Papers.
Advanced students. Free teacher's guide with 15 or more copies.
Orders filled with the latest edition. Index. Annotated list of Web
sites. Illustrated. 8" x 10½". Dushkin. 222 pages. 36th Edition. ©2007.
$19.25 Paperback
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AMERICAN HISTORY 1877 TO THE PRESENT: EZ-101
Study Keys
• By Mary Jane Capozzoli Ingui. Covers 95 major topics from
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AMERICAN PORTRAITS
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CLASSROOM ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES
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DEAR HOME: Letters From World War I
• "I carried wounded today. They all lay still with amazed
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godsend to us and wash cloths too." "Don’t worry, there are
no good looking women in France." Read against a
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human faces and voices, while brief narration connects
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war as doughboys, nurses, and their loved ones at home
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Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
by Margaret MacMillan, Richard Holbrooke
• The "war to end all wars" ended with a conference that
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Versailles peacemakers created Iraq, Palestine, and
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communism. Margaret MacMillan's lively, detailed,
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War I.
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Patton: A Biography (Great Generals Series)
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Woodrow Wilson (The American Presidents Series)
by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Arthur Meier Schlesinger (Editor)
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On the eve of his inauguration as President, Woodrow Wilson commented, "It
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AMERICA IN THE 20TH CENTURY
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AMERICA IN THE 20TH CENTURY
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AMERICAN HISTORY ON FILE
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AMERICAN HISTORY: Internet Scavenger Hunts
• Contains illustrated worksheets with questions and varied
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AMERICA’S WORLD WAR I
• Lesson titles: "America Goes to
War," "An Age of Mechanized
Warfare," "The War ‘Over Here’,"
"A War to End Wars?”
• $24.95 Transparencies and Guide
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THE UNITED STATES AND WORLD WAR I
• Concentrates on how the war impacted ordinary
Americans. Reviews the causes of the war and
the fighting from 1914 to 1917. Explains why the
United States entered the conflict. Other topics:
the anti-war movement and putting curbs on civil
liberties.
• This Title is part of the Series: POWERPOINT®
PRESENTATIONS IN UNITED STATES HISTORY
• $69.95 PowerPoint Presentation
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ANIMATED ATLAS: OVERVIEW OF WORLD WAR I
• Computer-animated maps in bold colors, carefully selected
archival film, and literate narration provide a clear picture of
the war. Students readily see the interconnectedness of
events in the conflict's roots and aftermath that led to
another world war and divisiveness in the Middle East. By
means of time codes, teachers can reinforce specific topics
like alliance systems, Germany's master plan, America's
entrance, the partition of Austria-Hungary, the collapse of
the Ottoman Empire, and how the peace conference redrew
the map of Europe. Grades 7 and up. Color (maps) and blackand-white. 28 minutes. Pyramid. ©2001.
• $89.95 VHS
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BETWEEN THE WARS
• American policies of neutrality, isolationism, and
internationalism in decades after World War I.
Depression and the world order. Rise of
totalitarian regimes in Europe and Asia; their
expansionist ambitions. American response to
war in Europe. Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
• $49.95 VHS
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THE CENTURY: America’s Time
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Hosted by Peter Jennings. This overview of the 20th century uses
archival footage and still photography to capture the prime events of
the era with special emphasis on how Americans were affected. "We
have sought," write Jennings and coauthor Todd Brewster, "to
distinguish our story from other histories by holding each chapter up
to a litmus test: Have we looked at this time from the perspective of
someone who lived through it? And in doing so, have we captured a
sense not only of the events of a particular era, but of the mood, the
prevailing attitudes?" Color and black-and-white. Total time:
approximately 12 hours. ABC News/The History Channel. ©1999.
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The Beginning, Seeds of Change, Shell Shock, Boom to Bust
Stormy Weather, Over the Edge
Civilians at War, Homefront, Best Years
Happy Daze, Poisoned Dreams, Unpinned
Approaching the Apocalypse, Starting Over
A New World, Then and Now
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CLASSIC AMERICAN POLITICAL CARTOONS
• A selection of historic cartoons, most from the 20th century.
Analysis of the cartoons can provide insight into the mood
and behavior of the American people during various periods.
The majority focus on the post-World War II period, including
such topics as inflation, depression, spying, assassinations,
Vietnam, presidents, Watergate, gun control, air pollution,
and the H-bomb. Artists include such Pulitzer Prize-winners
as Herblock, Mauldin, and Conrad. Printed on 11"x14" heavy
glossy stock. Documentary Photo Aids.
• $74.00
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THE END OF THE OLD ORDER: 1900–1929
• In Europe, the idealism of the age dies in the
carnage of World War I, and in America, the
dreamy optimism of the 1920s shatters with the
nightmare of the Great Depression. This episode
also outlines the Russian Revolution and the
pervasive influences of Fascism on the politics
and culture of Italy and Germany.
• $69.00 for VHS or DVD
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FIRST WORLD-WIDE WAR, 1914–1918
• Worldwide colonial possessions of 13
nations prior to the start of World War I
are shown along with other independent
nations. 40"h x 52"w. Cram. ©2004.
• $89.00 Map
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HISTORY TIMELINE
• This colorful visual reference helps students quickly see how
different eras in world history relate to one another in time.
Beginning with Mesopotamia and ending with World War II,
the chart has numerous illustrations of art, artifacts, and
locations augmented by brief captions (and further described
in accompanying notes). The timeline comes in four strips for
a total size of 7"h x 158"w. Coated stock. Pictorial Charts
Educational Trust, London. ©1996.
• $18.50 Timeline and Guide
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• In this clearly organized and detailed simulation,
students act as the leaders of six fictitious nations
and work to avoid war by dealing effectively with the
complexities and tensions of international relations.
Participants devise foreign policy to reduce threats
and achieve their nation’s goals, negotiate
accommodations and agreements with other nations
on various issues through diplomatic notes, assess
and evaluate incoming information, participate in a
World Organization of Nations (WON) meeting, and
take part in a final debriefing. Grades 7–12.
Bibliography. Glossary. Related resources list.
Illustrated. 8½" x 11". Interact. 60 pages. ©2001.
• $30.00 Simulation
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LESSONS ON AMERICAN HISTORY: PART TEN
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1. The Spanish-American War
2. The United States and Latin America
3. The United Sattes and the Pacific Region
4. The World War I Game
5. Woodrow Wilson
6. McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson
7. The Twenties and Thirties
8. The New Deal
9. Causes of World War II
10. Major Battles of World War II
11. Franklin D. Roosevelt
12. Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, and Roosevelt
13. Harry S. Truman
14. The United Nations
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* Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, and Roosevelt
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MAP GAMES: American History
• These involving games for small or larger groups increase
student map skills through interesting and challenging game
situations. Each game includes five 8½" x 11" two-color
maps (which serve as game boards), five packs of playing
cards, a teacher's guide with pre- and posttest instructions,
and additional activities on reproducible masters. These
materials help students learn geographic terminology as well
as historical facts. Players: 2–30. Time: flexible. Grades 4–12.
Educational Materials Association.
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THE NATIONS AT WAR, 1914–1918
• World map shows the Axis (Central Powers) and Allies
(Entente Powers) with their colonial possessions,
including the year of each nations' war declaration,
and a brief summary of the four major regions of
fighting. 40"h x 52"w. Cram. ©2004.