This document outlines resources for teaching about World War I using technology. It provides rationales for using interactive maps, videos, and primary sources to help students understand the war's impact. Several websites are recommended that contain timelines, eyewitness accounts, lesson plans, and multimedia content on the causes and battles of WWI. Interactive apps are also suggested for exploring WWI in a more engaging way. The goal is to leverage technology to give students hands-on experience researching and analyzing how the war affected countries, women, minorities, and global attitudes.

1. World War I
By: Stephanie Jackson
9th Grade World Civilizations

2. Rationale
YouTube Link

3. Rationale
• WWI was a major event in modern day
history. Even today, the effects of the war
are still debated, and tons of research has
been done about the causes of the war.
Using technology while discussing WWI
will give students hands on experience as
they can use the internet to research the
causes and effects of the war, not only on
the countries, but on women, minorities,
and world morale. Technology gives
students various avenues to understand
the vast impact WWI truly did have.
• YOUTUBE

4. Rationale
• In addition, there are numerous of sites
available that have interactive maps during
WWI, showing how the political geography of
Europe changed dramatically over a short
period of time, and the movement of major
battles. These maps provide students with a
visual, allowing them to better understand the
dramatic effects of the War. Also video
clips, pictures, and movies can put students
in the shoes of those who fought in the
War, and really see the horrors of trench
warfare.

5. Evaluation of Internet Content
• All websites found contain reliable
information that students can easily cite
and use. All websites are from reputable
sources, and were carefully looked at to
ensure that the information was correct
and up to date. Each site is cited on the
slide that it appears.

6. Podcast
• History Extra podcast
• HISTORY EXTRA PODCAST
provides numerous podcast
for different historical events,
including those for WWI. In
this podcast the ideologies of
WWI are discussed, giving
students an in depth
understanding of why there
was a huge outbreak of war
in Europe.

7. Blog
• WWI: Experiences of an English Soldier
blog provides primary sources of a
soldier’s letters during WWI. The grandson
of Private Harry Lamin posted Lamin’s
letters 90 years after they were written.
These letters provide students with
personal insight on what life was like for a
soldier in a war, what it felt like, and how
attitudes changed as the war went on.

8. YouTube
• John Green provides a series of
YouTube videos on history. The
link above is John Green’s
Crash Course on WWI. This
YouTube video provides a
stimulating and visual lecture
about the effects of WWI and its
importance in history. This video
can be used as an important
study tool for students to deepen Crash Course with John
their understanding of how WWI Green
changed the world and the way
wars were fought.

9. Internet Resources
World War I Archive
This organization allows access to primary
documents from World War I. As a
teacher, the site can be used to have
students analyze primary sources. Students
can also use the website for research
papers/projects.

10. Internet Resources
www.history.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww1
/
• The History Channel’s • The British Broadcasting
website is another great Company offers various
resource for teacher’s
links about WWI that
to use. The History
immerse the students into
Channel provides
the time period. Links
videos on various topics include stories from WWI,
in WWI that can be
music that was being
used in the classroom.
listened to at that time,
History Channel WWI Video
timeline of WWI, plus
more!

11. Internet Resource
• The World War One Historicl Association
is a non-profit organization that is
dedicated to researching and keeping the
history alive of The Great War. The
website provides information about the
legacy of the War and the great impact it
left on history. Students can explore this
website to understand a more complete
picture of WWI.

12. * Inspiration! *

13. Teaching Materials:
www.pbs.org
• The worksheet to the
right is an example of
one of the worksheets
that are available
through PBS. This
worksheet allows
students to write the
causes of why a nation
entered the war and then
to explain the result of
that nation.

14. Teaching Materials on PBS
Continued

15. Teaching Material
• App: Battlefields of WWI
• Click on image for
website
• This App allows students
to explore different
battles during WWI,
where those battles were
fought, and the outcome
of the battle.

16. Mapping Major Battles in WWI

17. Teaching Material
Click on the picture for the
website!
• Timeline World War 1 is
an App for the iPad –
The App includes an
interactive timeline of
events during WWI with
various video clips and
films, an interactive
map, and more!
Students can explore
WWI in a more
stimulating way through
this app

18. Subject-Specific Resource
• Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies
• This website includes lesson plans for
various topics in social studies. A useful
lesson plan included how the alliances
were made before WWI that contributed to
the outbreak of war. The websites allows
teachers to collaborate with each other by
posting lesson plans for others to
modify/use.

19. Supporting Site
• Eyewitness to History
• Not only is this website excellent for use during
WWI, but it is an excellent website for many
events in history. This website provides primary
accounts of those who witnessed historical
events. This particular link leads to eyewitness
accounts of WWI. The website is excellent tool
for students to use to understand the mindset of
people during WWI, the horror soldiers and
citizens witnessed, and the totality of the first
modern war.

20. Supporting Site
• www.encycolpedia.com
• The encyclopedia is a great starting point for
research projects in WWI. By using the
encyclopedia, students can gain information
about a specific topic during WWI. The
encyclopedia will also point them to other
reliable sources for them to include in
research projects. As a teacher, I can also
download articles that I can give to the
students to critically analyze and gain a
deeper understanding of the complexities of
WWI.

21. Web 2.0
Voice Thread
In Voice Thread, students
can post presentations,
videos, pictures, etc., for
each other to see. In
addition, students can view
what others have posted and
comment upon others work.
This is great way to have
students collaborate and
peer edit each others work.
Also, students can use this
site to work on major
projects together.

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