World War I

Uses primary documents to engage students in large and small group structured analysis of World War I poems by three different poets.

Students, in groups, will research various new technologies in World War I.

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.

Second grade students will learn about the many important roles that animals played during wartime.