THE GREAT WAR is more than just a war story of battles, soldiers and troop movements. It captures the people in their roles, lives, feelings, thoughts, ambitions, hopes and experiences. The series invites you to view the Great War as a human experience and to sense how humans in different nations, walks of life, social positions and genders reacted to and tried to cope with what was occurring in their lives.

These resource materials have been designed to provide the context and guidance to help both teachers and students understand what the Great War was like and what it meant to those affected by it. Lesson Plans Modules 1 - 8 and their accompanying Student Resources have been organized to provide instructional materials that correspond to the eight videos in the series. Lesson Plan Module 9 provides selected literary examples including poems, diary excerpts and quotations from the period. We recommend that you view each episode of THE GREAT WAR in its entirety. Using the maps, graphs,keywords, profiles, glossary, and primary source documents will enhance the video segments for your students.

Introduction
Vocabulary
Additional Reference Material
Module I: Explosion
Module II: Stalemate
Module III: Total War
Module IV: Slaughter
Module V: Mutiny
Module VI: Collapse
Module VII: Hatred and Hunger
Module VIII: War Without End
Module IX: The People Speak


Module I: Student Resources
Module II: Student Resources
Module III: Student Resources
Module IV: Student Resources
Module V: Student Resources
Module VI: Student Resources
Module VII: Student Resources
Module VIII: Student Resources
Module IX: Student Resources

 

Documents
Photographs
Literary and personal perspectives

 

Map of Europe in 1914
Map of Europe in 1914 Teacher's Reference
Map of Europe in 1918
Map of Europe in 1918 Teacher's Reference