World War I Web Quest


General First-Person Accounts (They were there!)
Animals at War British Point of View
Australian Point of View Canadian Point of View
German Point of View Art, Cartoons, Posters, Poetry, and Literature
Weapons and Equipment Women
Links to List of Resources President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
  Treaty of Versailles

 

General

World War I Document Archive
Brigham Young University
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/

Great War and the Jazz Age
America’s Story from America’s Library
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/jazz

National World War One Museum
http://www.libertymemorialmuseum.org/

Encyclopedia of the First World War
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm

Legend, Memory and the Great War in the Air
National Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian
http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal206/gal206.html

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1914-1918
PBS

http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/

Safe for Democracy
Freedom: A History of US
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web11/index.html

WWI
Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/resource_guides/content.cfm?tpc=22

FirstWorldWar.com
http://www.firstworldwar.com/index.htm

Trenches on the Web
Reference Library
http://www.worldwar1.com/reflib.htm

American Leaders Speak
Recordings form World War I and the 1920’s Election
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhtml/

The Aerodome
Aces and Aircraft of World War I
http://www.theaerodrome.com/

 

Videos about World War I
[These link sonly work at school for the videos are copyrighted and cannot be republished on the Internet by McGee. However, you can find them on-line through www.unitedstreaming.com . Ask Ms. Averill for the account name and password.]

On the Home Front
World War I
American in the 20th Century
United Streaming

The War in Europe
World War I
American in the 20th Century
United Streaming

A Silent Film Classic
An Introduction to the Archives of War
United Streaming

The Battle of Ypres, 1914-1917
United Streaming

The War Comes to the U.S.
United Streaming

World War I Begins in Europe
United Streaming

 

First Person Accounts

World War I
Eyewitness to History.com
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/w1frm.htm
Includes the assassination of an Archduke, Germany marches through Brussels , Battle at Gallipoli, Death at the Battle Somme, U-Boat Attack, Gas Attack, Execution of Mata Hari, Death of an Air Ace, Lawrence of Arabia, Armistice, and the Unknown Soldier Comes Home.

The War Times Journal
The Great War Series
http://www.wtj.com/wars/greatwar/

An American Nurse at War
http://www.nurse-at-war.org/

See also American Doughboys of World War I

 

Animals at War

Cher Ami: World War I Carrier Pigeon
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/cherami.htm

Sgt. Stubby
A Connecticut Hero
Governor's Foot Guard
http://www.governorsfootguard.com/stubby/

Stubby, The Military Dog
http://www.ct.gov/mil/cwp/view.asp?a=1351&q=257892

 

 

British Point of View

The Great War: 1914-1918
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/index.htm
[British perspective]

World War I Remembered
BBC News
http://www.firstworldwar.com/index.htm

World War One
BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/

The Western Front Association
http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/

 

 

Australian Point of View

ANZAC: They went with songs to the battle
http://www.anzacs.net/indexB.html
Australians in World War I, stories, audio poems, and animations

"At Gallipoli, One Man and a Small Donkey Became a Legend of Mercy and Courage"
Military History, April 2002, p. 72
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost
[This link only works at school for the magazine article is copyrighted and cannot be republished on the Internet by McGee. However, you can find it on-line through www.iconn.org in the History Reference Center. If you are at home, you must use your public library card number when logging onto iCONN.]

 

Canadian Point of View

Canada and the First World War
Library and Archives Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/firstworldwar/index-e.html

World War One
Canadian Film Board
http://www.nfb.ca/ww1/
Download film clips about World War I from the Canadian perspective

An Archival Look at World War I
Queens University Archives
http://archives.queensu.ca/wwi/wwi-intro.html

"Diaries of Doom"
Maclean's, 11/10/2003, v. 116, I. 45, p. 44
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost
[This link only works at school for the magazine article is copyrighted and cannot be republished on the Internet by McGee. However, you can find it on-line through www.iconn.org in the History Reference Center. If you are at home, you must use your public library card number when logging onto iCONN.]

"A Letter from Ypres"
Beaver, Dec. 2005 / Jan. 2006, v. 85, I. 6, p. 34
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost
[This link only works at school for the magazine article is copyrighted and cannot be republished on the Internet by McGee. However, you can find it on-line through www.iconn.org in the History Reference Center. If you are at home, you must use your public library card number when logging onto iCONN.]

"A War Scout's Honour"
Maclean's 9/8/2003, v. 116. I. 36, p. 61
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost
[This link only works at school for the magazine article is copyrighted and cannot be republished on the Internet by McGee. However, you can find it on-line through www.iconn.org in the History Reference Center. If you are at home, you must use your public library card number when logging onto iCONN.]

 

German Point of View

Themenportal Erster Welkrieg
Clio online
http://www.erster-weltkrieg.clio-online.de/
Ask Ms. Averill for help with translating. Most of the sites are in German.

"Alvin York: A View from the Other Side"
Military History, September 2006, p. 22
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost
[This link only works at school for the magazine article is copyrighted and cannot be republished on the Internet by McGee. However, you can find it on-line through www.iconn.org in the History Reference Center. If you are at home, you must use your public library card number when logging onto iCONN.]

 

Art, Cartoons, Posters, Postcards, and Literature

Art of the First World War
http://www.art-ww1.com/

World War I Political Cartoons
http://rutlandhs.k12.vt.us/jpeterso/uboatcar.htm

U.S. Navy Recruiting Posters, World War I
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/arttopic/pstr-rec/nrp-w1a.htm

Propaganda Postcards of the Great War
http://www.ww1-propaganda-cards.com/

Anthem for Doomed Youth
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~english/WWI/main.html
Works of literature by soldiers

“…the rest is silence”
Lost Poets of the Great War
http://www.english.emory.edu/LostPoets/index.html

 

Weapons and Equipment

Gas Warfare in World War I
by Rexmond C. Cochrane
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/documents/wwi/ansau/ansac.htm

Gas Warfare
Armory
http://www.worldwar1.com/arm006.htm

"Poison Gas"
Junior Scholastic, February 23, 2004, p. 12
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost
[This link only works at school for the magazine article is copyrighted and cannot be republished on the Internet by McGee. However, you can find it on-line through www.iconn.org in the History Reference Center. If you are at home, you must use your public library card number when logging onto iCONN.]

Flamethrowers
Diggers
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-weapons/flamethrowers.htm

The Submarine in World War I
http://www.vectorsite.net/twsub2.html

U. S. Submarines of World War I
The School of War
Under Sea Warfare
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/issue_22/ww1.htm

Weapons of War: Trench Mortars
FirstWorldWar.com
http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/mortars.htm

Tank Warfare
Jack Turner’s War
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/turner/ar_tank.html

World War I Tank Corps
Samuel D. Rockenbach Papers
Online Exhibit
Virginia Military Institute Archives
http://www.vmi.edu/archives.aspx?id=5579

Hiram Maxim
Machine gun
Who Made America
PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/maxim_hi.html

Hiram Maxim
Engines of Our Ingenuity
NPR
http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi694.htm

Machine Gun
Military
GlobalSecurity.org
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/mg.htm

World War I Modeling Page
http://www.wwi-models.org/
Links to images of weapons and vehicles

World War I Era Patrol Ships and Other Acquired Craft
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/shusn-no/spid-no.htm
Photographs and ID numbers

The Zeppelin
U. S. Centennial of Flight
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Lighter_than_air/zeppelin/LTA8.htm

Zeppelins at War: How effective were zeppelins as bombers during World War I?
Spartacus
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/AVbomberZeppelin.htm

The Flying Aces of World War I
U. S. Centennial of Flight Commission
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Air_Power/aces/AP5.htm

The Aerodome
Aces and Aircraft of World War I
http://www.theaerodrome.com/

Magazine Articles and Chapters from Books about the Air War of WW I
[These links only work at school for the magazine articles are copyrighted and cannot be republished on the Internet by McGee. However, you can find these articles on-line through www.iconn.org in the History Reference Center. If you are at home, you must use your public library card number when logging onto iCONN.]

"88 Years Ago This Month"
Aviation History, July 2005, p.74
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

"The Birth of the Bombers"
Air Raid!, 2004, p.4
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

"Bombing and the Air War on the Italian Front"
Air Power History, Fall 2000, v. 47, I. 3, p. 34
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

"Bristol F.2B"
Aviation History, Jan. 2006, p.29
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

"Dogfight"
Popular Mechanics, Jan. 2004, v. 181, I. 1, p. 40
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

"Flying Capronis with 'Fiorello's Foggiani'"
Aviation History, May 2003, v. 13, I. 5, p.38
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

"From Ace to Artist"
Aviation History, Jan. 2002, v. 12, I. 3, p.50
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

"Leader from the Ranks"
Aviation History, March 2006, p.29
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

"Marines over the Western Front"
Naval History, June 2006, p.51
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

"The Red Baron's Lone Wolf Rival"
Aviation History, July 2003, p.30
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

 

Women

World War I Yeomen (F)
Overview and Special Image Selection
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/prs-tpic/females/yeoman-f.htm

WW I: Thirty Thousand Women Were There
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets4.html

The Unsung Women of World War I: The Signal Corps
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/signal.html

World War One and Women
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world_war_one_and_women.htm

Women at War
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/lj/warslj/women_08.shtml

Women's Poetry from WWI
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/projects/jtap/tutorials/intro/women/

Magazine Articles and Chapters from Books about Women and World War I
[These links only work at school for the magazine articles are copyrighted and cannot be republished on the Internet by McGee. However, you can find these articles on-line through www.iconn.org in the History Reference Center. If you are at home, you must use your public library card number when logging onto iCONN.]

"Answering the Call"
Cobblestone, March 2006, I. 3, p. 20
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

"Dr. Mary Serves at the Front"
Macleans 01/01/200, v. 112, I. 52, p.154
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

"From Sheep to Secret Codes: The First Lady at Work"
Cobblestone, v. 27,I. 3, p.12
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

"The Good Fight"
Victoria, Sept 2001, v.15, I. 9, p.54
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

"Maker of Masks, Restorer of Dreams"
Cobblestone, March 2006, v. 27, I. 3, p. 30
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

"Pitching in 'Over There'"
Cobblestone, March 2006, v. 37, I. 3, p. 14
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

"Timeline"
Those Extraordinary Women of World War I, 2002, p. 83
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

"With Pen in Hand"
Those Extraordinary Women of World War I, 2002, p. 57
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

"Women for Peace"
Cobblestone, March 2006, v. 27, I. 3, p. 29
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

 

Treaty of Versailles

World War I Ended With the Treaty of Versailles
America's Story
Library of Congress
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/jazz/ww1_1

28 June 1919: The Peace Treaty of Versailles
World War I Document Archive
Brigham Young University
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/versailles.html

Treaty of Versaille
[This link only works at school for it is to copyrighted material that cannot be republished on the Internet.]
Bershire Encyclopedia of World History, 2005, v. 5, p1901
History Reference Center
EBSCOHost

 

President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points

President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
8 January 1918
Avalon Project
Yale University
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wilson14.htm

Woodrow Wilson: Speech on the Fourteen Points Jan 8, 1918
Modern History Sourcebook
Paul Halsall, Fordham University
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1918wilson.html

 

Lists of Other Links

Documents of World War I
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/ww1.htm
[Links to other sites]

World War I
http://www.teacheroz.com/wwi.htm

Updated 31 December 2007 L. Averill

Submitted by webmaster on December 31, 2007 - 10:52am.