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The History Cat

The History Cat: Causes of World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
Summarizes the major causes for the outbreak of World War I.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: World War One

For Students 9th - 10th
Takes a look at World War I focusing on the causes, the Western Front, America's entry into the war, the Russian Revolution, and the Treaty of Versailles.
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Other

Suffolk County Community College: Causes of World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides questions and answers for the causes of World War I.
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University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Republican China (1915 1928)

For Students 9th - 10th
The history of China during the time just before and just after World War I.
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Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College: The Balkans' Lethal Nationalism

For Students 9th - 10th
This article by historian William Hagan, "The Balkans' Lethal Nationalisms," (Foreign Affairs 78, no. 4 (July 1999), traces the background for the then contemporary conditions in Kosovo.
Handout
US Navy

Nhhc: Oceanic Period (1890 1945)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the build-up of the U.S. Navy after the Spanish-American War and how it was used to protech the country in World Wars I and II.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Serbian Nationalism: Nacertanije to Yugoslav Kingdom

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapters from a text book about modern Balkan history. These selected chapters focus on World War I. It traces Serbian nationalism from 1840-1929. Touches on the Balkan wars as well as Greek nationalism.
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Other

The Corner: National Rivalries

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses two kinds of nationalism which arose in Europe in the 19th century, nationalism in Germany, nationalism in Italy, nationalism in Austria-Hungary, nationalism in Russia, the Treaty of Paris and Russia, nationalism in France, and...
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Other

New American Nation: Internationalism and Interwar Isolationism

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay by two foreign policy scholars gives background to the concept that the United States did not really become isolationist after World War I.
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Other

War at the Crossroads: The Emergence of Nationalism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information about nationalism in the Balkans from the early 1900's to the present.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Segregation Separation: Making of African American Identity: V. 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource summarizes and links to primary source articles examining the relationship between segregation and racial separation highlighting some of the effects of segregation on the black community post World War I.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Causes of Wwi (An Introductory Lesson)

For Teachers 6th
Lesson provides an overview of the four main causes of World War I.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Post Wwi Africa, 1918

For Students 9th - 10th
This map is of Africa after World War I. The scramble by Italy, Belgium, and Germany to create colonies in order to keep up with the British, French, and Spanish Empires was played out in Africa, the last remaining continent yet to be...