World War I

Resources for Causes:

• WikiBooks - Covers long- and short-term causes, the initial parts of the war, and the United States entry into the war.

• BBC: The Origins of World War One - A short essay looking at the factors contributing to war.

• First World War - An essay on the start of the war.

General Information about the War

• BBC Archive with all their information on World War I

• World War I in 6 Minutes (See below) Link: https://youtu.be/-3UjJ5kxiLI

World War II

Causes

• http://www.historyonthenet.com/world-war-two-causes/

• http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/causes-of-world-war-two/

• http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/westn/causeww2.html

General

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/

• http://www.historyguide.org/europe/lecture11.html

• http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html - select events from the right and then find WWII in the list on the left

• https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/World_History/Causes_and_course_of_the_Second_World_War

Russian Revolution

10-minute History: Russian Revolution - Be sure to read the slides as you listen and watch. They contain additional information.

Epic History: The Russian Revolution - The timeline at the top is a nice feature that helps track the developments.

Russian Revolution - This PDF is of the PPT that had the rock-paper-scissors description in it. The PDF has some issues with items covering up earlier images. The Slides version still needs to be modified to look right.