WWI Primary Sources Project - Konarska

Suggested research topics for WWI Primary Sources Project

Nationalism
WWI poetry
Propaganda
Womens roles
Impact on servants and workers of colonized nations
Role of technology/poison gas
Trench warfare
1920s flapper era (a reaction to a lost generation of men)
Impact of Russian Revolution
Effect of US entry/Changing role of US in world affairs
The Armenian Genocide
Letters from soldiers
WWI film
Militarism
Imperialism
The Great Migration
Social Movements
Civil Rights Movements
Modern world
Development of planes
Womens equal rights
The Flu and medicine and the trajectory of disease after the war
Battle of the Somme (19,000 killed in a single day-an entire generation)
Mobilization of whole societies and targetization of whole societies
Treaty of Versailles

WORLD WAR I
ENCYCLOPEDIA
To find encyclopedia articles:
go to NHHS Library website
Click RESEARCH tab
Click: RPS Online databases
Scroll down and click on WORLDBOOK and choose an encyclopedia to search

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Neiberg, Michael S. "World War I." World Book Student. World Book, 2016. Web. 10 Mar.
2016.

Seidel, Michael. "Anthem for Doomed Youth." World Book Student. World Book, 2016. Web.
10 Mar. 2016.
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar749462&st=world+war+i#tab=ho
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Anthem for Doomed Youth is a poem from World War I (1914-1918) by Wilfred Owen, a
British soldier and poet. Owen's greatest work was inspired by his experience in the
trenches of France during the war.

Shenkman, Kenneth J. "Rosie the Riveter." World Book Student. World Book, 2016. Web. 10
Mar. 2016.
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar755727&st=world+war+i#tab=ho
mepage

ARTICLES

Aguilera, Carolina. "THE GREAT WAR." Junior Scholastic Feb 23 2004: 12,14,T4. ProQuest.
Web. 10 Mar. 2016 .
http://search.proquest.com/docview/202830304/749731A42FC64CC1PQ/1?accountid=4
15.
DURING WORLD WAR I, SOLDIERS FACED A TERRIFYING WEAPON OF MASS
DESTRUCTION: POISON GAS

Brown, Bryan. "HOW DID HITLER HAPPEN?" Junior Scholastic Sep 01 2014: 14-7. ProQuest.
Web. 10 Mar. 2016 .
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1557036658/781A865A8A704A00PQ/1?accountid=
415

Brown, Bryan. "IT'S WAR!" Junior Scholastic Mar 17 2014: 8-10. ProQuest. Web. 10 Mar.
2016 .
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1509448882/781A865A8A704A00PQ/2?accountid=
415

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Brown, Bryan. "WHIZZ-BANGS and TRENCHES." Junior Scholastic Mar 18 2013: 12-3.
ProQuest. Web. 10 Mar. 2016 .
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1322958246/781A865A8A704A00PQ/4?accountid=
415

"A Deeper Appreciation." Junior Scholastic Dec 07 2009: 13. ProQuest. Web. 10 Mar. 2016 .
http://search.proquest.com/docview/202821801/781A865A8A704A00PQ/6?accountid=4
15

Liulevicius, Vejas Gabriel. "5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT World War I." New
York Times Upfront Mar 17 2014: 18-21. ProQuest. Web. 10 Mar. 2016 .
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1508782181/abstract/BBF2BAD06A7640E4PQ/1?ac
countid=415

Cusack, Michael. "Hitler's Rise to Power." Scholastic Update May 04 1990: 10. ProQuest. Web.
10 Mar. 2016 .
http://search.proquest.com/docview/207581566/BBF2BAD06A7640E4PQ/2?accountid=
415

Whitney, Craig R. "WORLD WAR I: WHY IT STILL MATTERS." New York Times Upfront
May 04 2009: 24-7. ProQuest. Web. 10 Mar. 2016 .
http://search.proquest.com/docview/207593196/BBF2BAD06A7640E4PQ/3?accountid=
415

Smith, Patricia. "WORLD WAR I ENDS-AGAIN." New York Times Upfront Dec 13 2010: 17.
ProQuest. Web. 10 Mar. 2016 .
http://search.proquest.com/docview/817779278/BBF2BAD06A7640E4PQ/4?accountid=
415

McCollum, Sean. "Are the Yanks Coming?" Scholastic Update Dec 08 1997: 18-20. ProQuest.
Web. 10 Mar. 2016 .

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http://search.proquest.com/docview/207591209/BBF2BAD06A7640E4PQ/5?accountid=
415
In 1914, Americans debated whether to enter World War I. Through the power of
their pens, cartoonists helped shape the decision.

"Guts and Glory." Scholastic Update Dec 06 1996: 18-20. ProQuest. Web. 10 Mar. 2016 .
http://search.proquest.com/docview/207599499/BBF2BAD06A7640E4PQ/6?accountid=
415

Robbins, Jim. "When Speaking Out was a Crime." New York Times Upfront Nov 27 2006:
14,15,TE2. ProQuest. Web. 10 Mar. 2016 .
http://search.proquest.com/docview/207599220/BBF2BAD06A7640E4PQ/7?accountid=
415

"Gas Attack!" Current Events Apr 24 1998: 1-2d. ProQuest. Web. 10 Mar. 2016 .
http://search.proquest.com/docview/196410609/B420DD626AD541C6PQ/3?accountid=415

WEBSITES
First World War. The National Archives. Gov.UK, n.d. Web. 10 Mar 2016.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/first-world-war/
We hold the official UK government records of the First World War, including a vast
collection of letters, diaries, maps and photographs.

World War I Resources. NEA National Education Association. NEA, 2015. Web. 10 Mar
2016. http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/60040.htm#BR
(scroll down to Background Resources)