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World War 1: A New Kind of War
Guide reading and enhance your students' understanding of WWI with this rich presentation. Topics covered are warfare, weapons, technology, government actions, women in war, and the effects of war on the home front and around the world....
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Events and Effects of World War I
Ninth graders explore the main events, key people, outcomes and lasting effects of World War I. They research the lasting effects of World War I on the 20th Century and discuss the Treaty of Versailles and its effects on Germany.
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Which Age?
Students recall time and place of objects. The National Aviation Hall of Fame is set up in six ages: The Early Years, WWI, the Golden Years, WWII, the Jet Age, and the Space Age. Use this activity for a review of the NAHF after the tour....
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Lesson 4. Killing Fields
Eleventh graders describe several of the WWI's bloodiest battles, track the battles' progression to determine advances made by leading nations, and write frontline journalistic accounts of one or more of the battles.
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First World War Weapons
For this First World War worksheet, learners take notes, create tables, and answer questions about the weapons used in World War One.
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Lesson 3. No One Spared
Eleventh graders, in groups, explore the devastation that World War I inflicted on millions of people around the world. They write a first-hand account of the impact of World war I.
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Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride Lesson Plan
Students study Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt. In this biographical lesson, students read Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride. Students write their own biography, create a timeline of events from the book, and write a story based on...
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Wwi Aviation: An Illustrated History of World War One
There is a wealth of information here. Get detailed overviews of the war and then scroll down the page to sections on pilots and designers, machines of war, a World War 1 history quiz and much more.
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Wwi Aviation: An Illustrated History of World War One: The Eastern Front
Information on the aerial aspect of the war on the Eastern Front during WWI. Includes links to lists of each country's flying 'aces.'
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Aviation
Module with visual history of aviation in America. Students and teachers can find videos on topics beginning with pioneers in aviation, WWI and WWII, Airships and more. Links to related resources can be found on this site.
First World War
First World war.com: Aviation Photographs
An extensive amount of aviation photographs from WWI. There is also a link to introductory notes on aviation and aviators in the war.
Ducksters
Ducksters: World War I for Kids: Aviation and Aircraft of Wwi
Kids learn about aviation and aircraft of World War I. Airplanes were first used in WW1 for reconnaissance and bombings. Famous fighter pilots called aces fought each other in the sky.
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U.s. Centennial of Flight Commission: The u.s. Aircraft Industry During Wwi
A good essay on the development of the airline industry in the United States as a result of World War I. Many companies worked on airplane design, but few survived after the war.
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Wwi Image Archive: Photos of the Great War
World War I Image Archive offers a geat collection of photographs from World War I. Categorized by topic.
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Ace Pilots: Billy Bishop
A biography on one of the most successful and notorious of WWI flying Aces. Quotes are included here.
Brigham Young University
Byu: World War I Document Archive: Marine Flyer in France
The published diary of a marine pilot who toured Allied aviation facilities in 1917-1918. This site provides a diary account of Captain Alfred A. Cunningham and gives the reader a view of what things were like in wartime England and...
Australian War Memorial
Australian War Memorial: Australian Involvement in the First World War
An overview of the Australian army's involvement in World War I.
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Who Killed the Red Baron?
Forensic experts look at solving the mystery of the Red Baron, WWI flying ace's death.
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Hill Air Force Base: Fact Sheets: William "Billy" Mitchell
Read a brief account of the foresight of Brig. Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell (1879-1936), who understood early on that airplanes would play a huge role as a weapon in fighting wars. He is considered the father of the modern air force,...
Ducksters
Ducksters: World War I for Kids: Changes in Modern Warfare
Kids learn about the changes in modern warfare that occurred during World War I including airplanes, bombers, tanks, trench warfare, submarines, machine guns, and chemical weapons.
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Charles Kingsford Smith: First Across the Pacific
A biographical profile of Charles Kingsford Smith, the aviator who made the first trans-Pacific flight in 1928.
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Charles Kingsford Smith: First Across the Pacific
This resource presents a biographical profile of Charles Kingsford Smith, the aviator who made the first trans-Pacific flight in 1928.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Red Baron, Air Warfare
An excerpt by Captain Von Richthofen (the Red Baron) from the book "The Red Battle Flyer." Discusses warfare and bomb throwing from his point of view.