World War I

Ms. Gregory Pre-IB I World History

WWI Legacy Project

Articles on the Lasting Legacies of WWI:
First World War: 15 Legacies Still with Us Today from the Guardian
100 Years Legacies: The Lasting Impact of WWI by the Wall Street Journal

Relevant Databases: 

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Remember, databases will create correct citations for you! click the "Cite" button at the top of your article.

World History the Modern Era Database - A history database that features shorter, hyperlinked encyclopedia articles, written and published by ABC-Clio. In addition to these articles, you'll find media and primary sources. A good place to start to understand your topic.  Browse through the Section  The World at War for many ideas for developing your research question. For your OPCVLs though, you'll need a source with more detail. 

World History in Context Database -  A comprehensive database that gathers published information from reference books, magazines and news publications, academic journals and includes primary sources like videos, images, and audio. Check out the World War 1 Overview and featured sources.

Gale in Context: High School - A general topic database that will include the legacies and their origins, more than just history content, like the ones above. 

Books: See the example books pulled for you - World War I Legacies
Also search the Follett catalog (Access from Clever) for additional titles from both Inglemoor
and our other Northshore schools. 

Inglemoor's eBooks - We have a number of Reference books that will have helpful articles for your legacy project. Some example entries are Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from the Gale Ency of Psychology and Pacifism from the New Dictionary of the History of Ideas.

World War I Reference Library eBook - Offers many entries on the topics and legacies of World War I. Examples include Technology (Machine Guns, Poisonous Gas, Tanks, etc) and   World War I Propaganda Posters.

Digital Books in KCLS - Go to KCLS.org/Students and click on Middle and High School. Scroll down to eBooks and Downloadable Audiobooks. In the upper left click on Back to Main Collection and then search for a title. You can borrow them or place a hold. 

Free, Academic/Scholarly Websites:

World War 1 Resources from the Library of Congress - Get your Primary Sources here! Disregard the line "This site is designed for elementary and middle school students." I disagree!!

Primary Sources and subtopics of WWI by the National Archives - Scroll down for some amazing collections, divided by sub-categories of WWI. "As the largest repository of American World War I records, the National Archives invites you to browse the wealth of records and information documenting the U.S. experience in this conflict, including photographs, documents, audiovisual recordings, educational resources, articles, blog posts, lectures, and events."

African American Experience and WWI - Again, provided by the National Archives. 

Woodrow Wilson's Presidential Library - Browse and search primary sources from his administration. The link here is set up to search with the tag World War I. Another section of the library is dedicated to Teaching Resources and is a bit more straightforward to navigate. 

Citations:

There is a new main interface to Noodletools as of last year.   Here is a one-minute quick video overview, including how to submit your project to a drop box.

** New for 2021! IHS Library Screencast: How to Share your NT with the Library

Annotations: We are writing brief annotations for each of your sources in the annotation field right in Noodletools. Here are two examples:

Young, Nigel. "Pacifism." New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, edited by Maryanne Cline Horowitz, vol. 4, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005, pp. 1699-1701. Gale eBooks, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3424300565/GVRLu=inglemoor&sid=bookmarkGVRL&xid=a3d9c81b. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.

Nigel Young authors this entry in the book New Dictionary of the History of Ideas I found in our Gale eBooks. (Origin). It was helpful to me in that it provided an understanding of the different types of pacifism, conscientious objection, and the general resistance to war. (Value).

Ellis, John. "The War in the Trenches: Guns and Gas." World War I, edited by Donald J. Murphy Greenhaven Press, 2002, pp. 110-118.

This book of essays, edited by Donald Murphy, includes one essay helpful to my research. It is written by British military historian John Ellis. It is an excerpt from his book Eye-Deep in Hell: Trench Warfare in World War I. (Origin) The essay discusses and graphically depicts the horror of war in the trenches for ordinary soldiers. This information allowed me to understand the use of poisonous gas and its impact. (Value)