BBC News | World War I | The Great War: 80 years on Monday, November 2, 1998 Published at 14:42 GMT The Great War: 80 years on It is 80 years since the armistice silenced the guns of World War I. The war lasted from 1914-18, claimed 10 million lives and forever changed the political map of Europe. Using personal accounts and historical analysis BBC News Online looks back at what became known as "the war to end all wars". Archive radio interviews "There was nothing but brown earth, shell holes and death" Images and newsreelFootage and photographs from the battlefields. Letters home Soldiers revealed their hopes and fears in letters sent from the front. My grandfather's warBBC reporter Andrew Bell retraces his grandfather's movements on the western front.Your stories Email BBC News Online with your family stories or memories of World War I. Back to top | BBC News Home | BBC Homepage | ©
American Slave Narratives From 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves from across the American South were interviewed by writers and journalists under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. These former slaves, most born in the last years of the slave regime or during the Civil War, provided first-hand accounts of their experiences on plantations, in cities, and on small farms. Their narratives remain a peerless resource for understanding the lives of America's four million slaves. This web site provides an opportunity to read a sample of these narratives, and to see some of the photographs taken at the time of the interviews. American Studies Hypertexts at the University of Virginia This page was begun as part of the American Hypertext Workshop at the University of Virginia, Summer 1996. Bruce FortCorcoran Department of HistoryRandall HallUniversity of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA 22903 Last Modified: March 6, 1998 Another AS Hypertext
Battle of Hastings 1066 Introduction A Multimedia History of World War One Vintage Media This section of the website contains archive recordings - audio and video - of politicians, royalty, commanders, battles, songs and speeches from the wartime era. Included are the best known wartime songs, such as It's A Long Way To Tipperary and Pack Up Your Troubles; among video footage is film of Archduke Franz Ferdinand arriving at the town hall in Sarajevo; his assassination shortly after he re-emerged from his reception there on 28 June 1914 plunged much of the world into war the following month. Each recording is titled along with a brief summary together with the year of recording. Audio is in MP3 format; video footage is in Windows Media format; in both cases the file size is indicated in kilobytes. Both audio and video files are grouped by year. Click here to view present day photographs and film footage of the Western Front battlefields. A "Dixie" (from the Hindi degci) was an army cooking pot
WWI Websites • 1914-1918-online Languages and the First World War Languages and the First World War is a cross-disciplinary research project exploring change within languages and how languages influenced each other during a period of crisis and conflict. English Words in War-Time, Tracking Language on the Move in WW1 In a series of blogs, the ‘English Words in War-Time’ project tracks a detailed and largely unexamined record of language by Andrew Clark on the Home Front, and the reporting of war in a critical period of social and historical change. Art Art of the First World War “Art of the First World War” is an international digital collection of 100 paintings on the war. Audio The Virtual Gramophone, Library and Archives Canada The Virtual Gramophone hosts a sample of Canadian music from the First World War. 100 Jahre Erster Weltkrieg, 1914/2014, Deutschlandradio
Lesson: Class Mural About This section offers Teachers, Parents, Students, and Keith Haring fans alike, resources for enriching, explorative lessons for all ages and fields of study. We have gathered our lessons from education departments at Museums that have hosted Keith Haring exhibitions or have received funding from us for special projects, from some of our staff members and close affiliates of the Keith Haring Foundation, and finally, from visitors just like you, submitting their projects to us (see our link on the right to submit a project). Easy Guide for Research You may search by “Curriculum” (school subjects), “Subject” (art genres), “Age/Grade”, “Materials”, “Title”, “Contributors”, or “Locations” in the toolbar above, or by using the “Search” option to the right. Although we have provided age and grade recommendations for each of our lessons, please use your own discretion as to what seems age-appropriate for your specific audience.
African Americans and World War I World War I was a transformative moment in African-American history. What began as a seemingly distant European conflict soon became an event with revolutionary implications for the social, economic, and political future of black people. The war directly impacted all African Americans, male and female, northerner and southerner, soldier and civilian. Migration, military service, racial violence, and political protest combined to make the war years one of the most dynamic periods of the African-American experience. Black people contested the boundaries of American democracy, demanded their rights as American citizens, and asserted their very humanity in ways both subtle and dramatic. When war erupted in Europe in August 1914, most Americans, African Americans included, saw no reason for the United States to become involved. The war did, however, have a significant impact on African Americans, particularly the majority who lived in the South. The Great Migration Back to top After the War
The Roaring Twenties The Roaring Twenties 1920s - This is a great hotlist........categorized for easy navigation. 1925: The Year in Review - Art in the year of 1925....click on an artist to view a painting and also a description of the painting. American Culture in the Twenties - "The decade of the 1920s is often characterized as a period of American prosperity and optimism. It was the "Roaring Twenties," the decade of bath tub gin, the model T, the $5 work day, the first transatlantic flight, and the movie. American Economy in the 1920s - "The powerful economy might of America from 1920 to October 1929 is frequently overlooked or simply submerged by the more exciting topics such as Prohibition and the gangsters, the Jazz Age with its crazies, the KKK etc. Biography of the Twenties - You describe the 1920s....did they ROAR, or was it a YAWN? Chicago: The Roaring Twenties - An overview of the 1920s......this is not a brief overview!!! Creating a Magazine for the Roaring Twenties - Classroom project! The Flapper!