A Different Kind of BattleField

A Different Kind of BattleField

In the early years of WWI, army recruiters mined soccer games and rugby matches for recruits. According to historian Adam Hochschild, soccer games “proved the single best venue for recruiters.” Arriving spectators would see recruiters wearing sandwich boards bearing the message, “Your Country Needs You.” The game would start with a patriotic speech. Players often stepped forward to enlist, and fans quickly followed their lead.
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A Monumental History

A Monumental History

From Reconstruction

Monuments designed to honor places, events, or people stand in public places across the United States. Some, such as the Lincoln Memorial and the Statue of Liberty, are classic icons. Others, such as the 2,000-pound African Killer Bee located in Hidalgo, Texas, are less than traditional. Monuments are often controversial. What is honorable to one person may be offensive to another. Also, the meanings of monuments change as the culture around them evolves. What do...

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Does Racial Inequality Exist in Your School?

Does Racial Inequality Exist in Your School?

From Changing Laws

It can sometimes be hard to recognize racial inequality when it doesn’t directly affect you. Take a look at the statistics relating to your own school and see if anything surprised you.

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Listen!

Listen!

From Singing for Equality

Music of the Civil Rights Era arose from several different styles of music, most notably gospel, folk, blues, and jazz. What did these different styles offer? How did they combine to form music that was completely new?

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Planning a Boycott

Planning a Boycott

From Boycotts, Strikes, and Marches

Segregated buses and trains were only one of the ways whites discriminated against African Americans in the Jim Crow South. A boycott is the act of refusing to buy, use, or participate in something as a form of protest. Why didn’t the African American community use boycotts more often in their fight against segregation?

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Reviews

Ms. Yingling Reads 
"This is a short but very informative book jam packed with information."

The Children's War
“What sets this new work from Nomad Press apart from so many other books about WWI for young people is the stress on using primary sources. I can't recommend this book highly enough.”

School Library Journal
“This title examines the events surrounding World War I. A time line, which begins with Germany’s unification, helps frame the book’s content. Each chapter begins with Rauch’s cartoon illustrations, which help to communicate the chapter’s topic. Lesser-known details about the war, such as the Choctaw code talkers from the United States and the French taxi cab drivers who aided in the war effort, are discussed alongside more familiar facts.”

Children’s Review
“The 7-chapter text integrates elements of the Social Studies C3 framework dimensions including gathering and evaluating evidence, questions, and investigations. This is done creatively through the inclusion of many primary source documents including posters and quotes. It also presents multiple opportunities for reader engagement such as QR codes to explore supplemental information, comic strips at the beginning of each chapter, research ideas, vocabulary discussions and connections to the world.”

Detailed Book Description

World War I sustained these staggering casualties: 9 million dead soldiers, 12 million or more civilian lives lost, millions more wounded. But those numbers only hint at the devastation, both political and personal, that lies at the heart of the Great War.

World War I: The Great War to End All Wars brings to light the key details of this critical juncture in history, which marks the transition to a modern era in which mass destruction became not only a possibility but a reality through military technologies a century in the making. By focusing not only on military life on the battlefields and in the trenches but also at anti-war protest movements, art and popular culture, homefront efforts across the globe, and experiences in British and French colonies, this book offers a sense of how this war penetrated all corners of the world and impacted all of its peoples emerges. Essential questions guide readers’ investigations while hands-on activities promote critical and creative problem solving, and text-to-world connections highlight the way the past provides context for the present-day world.

Try these critical-thinking activities!

  • Research recruiting on the football and rugby pitch
  • Analyze the messages and the messengers
  • Discover satire in the pre-war years
Available In:
Hardcover, $22.95
9781619309692
Paperback, $17.95
9781619309722
Includes: Table of Contents | Timeline | Charts | Maps | Glossary | Resources | Index
Specs: 8 x 10 size | 4-color interior | 128 pages
Subject: Social Studies
Content Focus: U.S. History | World History

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Timeline

Introduction
Beyond the War Room

Chapter 1
It Begins With a Very Big Bang

Chapter 2
The Dominoes Fall

Chapter 3
All’s Not Quiet on the Western Front

Chapter 4
A Different Kind of War

Chapter 5
The Eastern Front and the Russian Revolution

Chapter 6
Neutral No Longer

Chapter 7
War’s End, A Fragile Peace

Chapter 8
Legacies of WWI

Glossary
Resources
Selected Bibliography
Index