World War I

--Jill M. Beccaris and Christine Woyshner
A variety of activities help students learn about the coal miners and steels workers (many of them new immigrants) during the Industrial Age. A handout is based on an oral interview, and provides a photo of child coal miners, 1911.

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--Dan Schuchat
A radio drama project helps students learn about the 1920s and 30s as well as the important role that technology plays in our lives. Handouts include "Early Radio in the U.S." and "Bandwidth Problems ca. 1912: The Need for Federal Regulation."

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--Rebecca C. Maher
North Carolina eighth grade students work on a project involving history, music, art, and interviews with elderly citizens. Includes handouts with primary sources and the story of Train Schedules, Standardization, and "The Day of Two Noons."

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* http://members.ncss.org/mll/21/mll21.pdf

--Lindsey B. Downey
Third graders research the memorials in the cemetery in the town of Otterbein, Ohio, and write tributes in response.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/2102/210225.pdf

--Helen Divjak and Lee Ann Potter
German immigrants who had not yet become citizens of the United States found their world turned upside down by a presidential proclamation declaring them enemy aliens in World War One.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/6605/660501.shtml

--Kahlil G. Chism and Lee Ann Potter
Orville and Wilbur Wright were not the only inventors working on airplane innovations. But the Wright brothers’ patent gave them a tremendous advantage and inhibited manufacturers from producing planes for a time just before World War I.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/6706/6706352.pdf

--Kahlil G. Chism and Lee Ann Potter
Orville and Wilbur Wright were not the only inventors working on airplane innovations. But the Wright brothers’ patent gave them a tremendous advantage and inhibited manufacturers from producing planes for a time just before World War I.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/6706/6706352.pdf

--Raphael Mazzone and Lee Ann Potter
As World War I neared its end, a worldwide epidemic claimed more victims than the war itself. The two featured documents recall the loss of life and havoc in the United States.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7007/700706393.pdf

James J. Sheehan
This simulation of events leading up to World War I helps students understand the role of diplomats in managing international crises.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/6904/6904214.pdf

By Christine Blackerby
The two featured political cartoons will stir classroom debate on how presidential election campaigns are planned.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7201/720114.pdf