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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1919: Woodrow Wilson Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Nobel eMuseum allows you to read about Woodrow Wilson's (1856-1924) peacemaking actions for which he was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919. This website provides both primary and secondary texts and includes...
Website
University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Woodrow Wilson: A Life in Brief

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography of Woodrow Wilson contends he was one of the five most important presidents in history. Read about his progressive legislation, foreign policy, and his attempt to bring about world peace.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Woodrow Wilson: Legislative Victories

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a review of Woodrow's first years as president and his success at getting his progressive platform passed in Congress.
Primary
Brigham Young University

Byu: Wwi Document Archive: President Woodrow Wilson's War Message

For Students 9th - 10th
These are the original words of President Woodrow Wilson on his feelings about war when he addressed the Congress on April 2, 1917.
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PBS

Pbs: The Border: The Tampico Affair and the Speech From Woodrow Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
Read excerpts from President Wilson's speech following the American invasion of Veracruz after the Tampico incident. Includes photos.
Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Woodrow Wilson: Final Speech in Support of League of Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of President Woodrow Wilson's last speech in support of the League of Nations delivered on September 25, 1919, in Pueblo, Colorado.
Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Woodrow Wilson: First Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of President Woodrow Wilson's First Inaugural Address delivered on April 4, 1913.
Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Woodrow Wilson: War Message

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of President Woodrow Wilson's speech to Congress on April 2, 1917, asking them to declare war on Germany thereby, entering World War I.
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Digital History

Digital History: Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
President Woodrow Wilson had great hopes that a League of Nations would mean that there would be no more world wars. Read about the charter for the League of Nations, especially Article X, which provided the teeth for the organization....
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the domestic legislation of Woodrow Wilson, a progressive president who won the election of 1912. See how the policies he proposed won him the support of those who believed in the platform of the Bull Moose Party.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: History of Us: Safe for Democracy?: Wilson's 14 Points [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that directs students to examine Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points. They will discuss how Wilson's plan and the establishment of the League of...
Primary
Brigham Young University

Byu: Wwi Archive: Wilson's First Lusitania Note to Germany: May 13, 1915

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains the first Lusitania note sent to Germany by President Woodrow Wilson, under the signature of Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, May 13, 1915.
Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: Wilson and Lansing on the u.s. Invasion of Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Secretary of State Robert Lansing's letter to President Woodrow Wilson urging the President to avoid the term "intervention" to characterize the U.S. 1916 invasion of Mexico to capture the revolutionary Pancho Villa.
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Brigham Young University

Byu: Wwi Document Archive: President Wilson's Protest to the Germans

For Students 9th - 10th
The original text of President Wilson's Protest to Germany, July 21, 1915.
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Then Again

Then Again: Web Chron: United States of America Chronology: Wilson's Fourteen Points

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of what President Wilson's Fourteen Points were. Provides a brief discussion of why the 14th point was the most controversial.
Primary
Brigham Young University

Byu: Wwi Document Archives: President Wilson's First Warning to the Germans

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of President Wilson's First Warning to the Germans, February 10, 1915.
Primary
Brigham Young University

Wwi Archive: 1916 Documents: Wilson on the Sussex Case

For Students 9th - 10th
Site presents Wilson's decision regarding the Sussex case on war ships.
Handout
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: A Biography of America: Woodrow Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover what made Woodrow Wilson a powerful president in this biographical account.
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: A Biography of America: Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
Consider the perspectives of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson and why they made decisions that they did with respect to the American wilderness. The issue is whether the Hetch Hetchy dam should be built to supply water to San...
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US Department of Labor

U.s. Department of Labor: The Federal Government and Negro Workers Under Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
This scholarly paper investigates the treatment of the federal government, sometimes ambivalent, sometimes hostile, during the presidential terms of Woodrow Wilson. See how Wilson's need for industrial workers and soldiers in the time...
Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a copy of Woodrow Wilson's speech of the Fourteen Points given during World War I.
Handout
Other

America's 1st Secretary of Labor: William B. Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
Click here to see a portrait of Wilson & choose from numerous sections of his biography, including his service in Congress and as Secretary of Labor under President Wilson.
Primary
American Presidency Project

American Presidency Project: Wilson's Proclamation Establishing Conscription

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the text of the presidential proclamation which established the draft in World War I. President Wilson signed this proclamation on May 18, 1917.
Article
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wilson Center: Oasis in the Desert: Navigating Peace in the Okavango River Basin

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the Woodrow Wilson Center tells about the cooperation among three African countries in managing the Okavango River Basin for the good of everyone. Links to other websites. (May 14, 2004)

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