Spotlight on: Primary Source Women's suffrage poster, 1915 Government and Civics Opponents to women’s suffrage argued that voting would be detrimental to women’s character and to their families. This broadside, published around 1915 refutes those accusations. It declares that if a woman is responsible for taking...
Essay World War I Jennifer D. Keene Economics, Government and Civics, World History 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ War swept across Europe in the summer of 1914, igniting a global struggle that would eventually take nine million lives. World War I pitted the Allies (initially composed of Britain, France, Belgium, Serbia, and Russia, and eventually...
Spotlight on: Primary Source World War I poems: “In Flanders Fields” and “The Answer,” 1918 Literature, World History Ella Osborn’s 1918 diary provides insight into the experiences of an American nurse serving in France at the end of World War I. In addition to her notes about the men under her care and events in France, Osborn jotted down two...
Lesson Plan World War I, African American Soldiers, and America’s War for Democracy 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click to download this lesson plan.