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Students will view a variety of examples of WWI propaganda posters and discuss their message and why they were important for the war effort.

Students will conduct a local history project for WWI. They will create a presentation about Missouri’s role in WWI.

Students have to decide if WWI is worth fighting for and put themselves in that time period and figure out what they are willing to fight for.

To gain a wider understanding of the Flu Epidemic and how it affected America.

Students will read a variety of materials from articles on the topic to a letter home from an African American Soldier about his time in France.

This lesson offers an SAQ (Short Answer Question) appropriate to the World War I time frame.

Students will apply new knowledge of technology as well as review prior knowledge of previous time periods by compare/contrasting images of total war from multiple eras.

Students will work in groups and do research to identify the reasons for fighting in The Great War by the primary combatants in December of 1914.

Students will conduct a trial based around the question “How should instigators of war be held responsible for their actions?”

Students will work together to analyze primary resources about African Americans in the Great War.