WORLD WAR I: TRENCHES ON
THE WEB -- This is the place to start for
learning about the Great War. Not the most logically-structured of
web-sites but there is a wealth of fascinating material here.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES LEARNING CURVE: A good introduction to the Great War.
: Read the interviews with historians that served as source
material for the eight-part PBS series "The Great War and the Shaping of the
20th Century."
: Although the interviews are the best feature of the
PBS site, other material can be found here.
: A multimedia history of World War I.
LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS OF THE GREAT WAR: A virtual exhibit from
Trenches on the Web.
: A BBC introduction to the history of the Great War.
Includes a wide variety of articles.
GREAT
WAR 1914-18: An emphasis upon the battlefield and the
terrible human sacrifices made there.
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR: An introduction to the war from the
Spartacus educational site.
WORLD WAR I: Short summaries on different Great War topics from the History Learning Site.
: Includes information about Northern Ireland's
contribution to the war and a series of good links.
: An overview that also provides information about the
Spanish Civil War and World War II.
: A very basic introduction designed for British
schoolchildren and teachers.
: A brief encyclopedic introduction to the war.
: A BBC school site that uses primary documents to capture a feel for
the war.
: A BBC site designed for exam revision on
Britain in World War One.
: Crib sheets on the war.
WORLD WAR I, THE GREAT WAR -- THE WESTERN FRONT: A chronology with accompanying links designed by Pam Robinson, a Virginia middle-school teacher.
WOODROW WILSON'S FOURTEEN POINTS: A brief introduction from the History Learning Site.
TREATY OF VERSAILLES: A summary from the History Learning Site.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS: The history of the international security organization that emerged from the war.
