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World War One
www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/ww1main.htm - This World
War One site includes a timeline, causes of the war, a
photo gallery, weapons of the war, and a ėTheater of
Warî section, which
focuses on the geography of the war. Educational
materials such as quizzes, crosswords, word searches,
and other worksheets are also available. |
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World War
I
www.teacheroz.com/wwi.htm
- This website consists of timelines, wartime
methodologies and important people and influences during
the war. One can research statistics, strategies,
weapons and warfare, medical practice at war, and a
variety of other World War I topics. |
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World War I Trenches on the Web
http://www.worldwar1.com/
These pages
contain information on the people, places, and events
that comprised one of the worst mishaps of modern
history. Theme-based tours of the website, a discussion
forum about World War I, and a reference library which
includes a site-map make this a unique site. |
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World War One
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/
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site focuses on the major battles of the First World War.
Other points of interest include information on the
Versailles Treaty and a film of the human experience and
trench warfare. It also has a useful page with
links to other web sites and museums. |
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The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
www.pbs.org/greatwar/chapters/index.html. -
This website details the early years of the war
including its causes and the stalemate of the middle
years. It contains information on the global nature of
the war and provides soldiersí perspectives. The web
site has a devoted page for educators. |
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World War
1
http://www.worldwar-1.net/ - A detailed timeline of
World War 1 is available from this website.
This site contains an exhaustive bibliography of films
relating to World War I. |
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Military
Technology |
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First World War: The War to End All Wars
http://firstworldwar.com/ - First World War: The War
to End All Wars has links to battles, battlefield tours,
maps, diaries, primary documents, propaganda posters,
and many other attention-grabbing media. |
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Local |
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Polk County Wisconsin in WWI
http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~gregkrenzelok/
- This is site is a dedication to Leonard Murphy from
his grandson. It contains photos and personal
experiences' of Sgt. Leonard Murphy along with maps of
his travels. |
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ėGet the Ropeî Anti-German Violence in World War
I-era Wisconsin
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/1/ - John Deml of
Outagamie County, Wisconsin gives a first hand account
of his experience dealing with a mob who tried to force
him to buy more war bonds during the Great War. |
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Dear Home: Letters from WWI
http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=1400
ņ History Channel online provides access to World War
One letters.
These letters are accounts of military personnel writing
home from overseas. |
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World War One, At Home and in the Trenches
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-037/
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This site contains a variety of links to original
documents related to the World War One Era. This
database includes documents related to the ėSpanishî
Influenza, as well as other aspects of the home front.
The site does include information on the fight in Europe
such as life in the trenches. |
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Influenza |
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The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
This page explains a general history of the 1918 Spanish
Influenza that spread throughout the world during the
Great War. Results of this deadly strain of influenza
and links to the public health, scientific, and medical
responses are linked to this page |
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Influenza 1918
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/ PBS has many
resources detailing the events of the ėSpanish Fluî of
1918, as well as reflections on the pandemic it caused.
Links to films, timelines, maps, pictures and
documentation create an in-depth look at this disastrous
pandemic. A teacherís guide to the film poses
challenging questions to the students. |
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Influenza of 1918 (Spanish Flu) and the US Navy
http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/influenza_main.htm
The US Navy documents how the Influenza of 1918 affected
its personnel. Photographs, medical terminology, and
various documents related to the ėSpanish Fluî are
located on the US Navy website. |
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The Great Pandemic: The United States in
1918-1919
http://1918.pandemicflu.gov/
The Department of Health and Human Services outlines the
pandemic in the United States and goes into detail for
each individual state. Documents and biographies are
included on the website giving insight to the tragedy of
the 1918 outbreak of Spanish Influenza. |
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The Deadly Virus: The
Influenza Epidemic of 1918
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/influenza-epidemic/
This government site is host to the national archive of
primary documents and photos about the 1918 ėSpanish
Flu.î |
