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Soldiers’ Poems of World War I in Newspapers: Personal Responses in Public Media

Posted by: Stephen Wesson

How can you share your response to a major world event? In the 19th and early 20th centuries, you might have put your thoughts down in a poem and sent it to a newspaper. The 1918 entry of the United States into World War I triggered an especially dramatic outpouring of these personal responses in verse.

Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Poetry and Literature

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Three Questions with World Education and International Literacy and Development, 2022 Literacy Awards Successful Practice Honorees

Posted by: Danna Bell

Join staff from World Education, International Literacy and Development and Room to Read in the second of our series of programs featuring our literacy award winner and honorees on January 19, 2023 from 3-4pm EST. Plus learn more about applying for the 2023 Literacy Awards and the applicant information session to come.

Posted in: Literacy, News and Events

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Native Americans in the First World War and the Fight for Citizenship

Posted by: Danna Bell

While searching through our collections for maps to use for display in the exhibition Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I, I found one among our uncatalogued holdings that caught my attention. As the title states, it is a map presenting the role of North American Indians in the World War.

Posted in: Geography and Maps, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Native American History, Veterans and Military History

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Americanism: Two Perspectives Following the First World War

Posted by: Danna Bell

Following the Allied victory in World War I, the United States entered a period of rapid change, experiencing changes both in its stature as a global leader and changes from social experiments, including universal women’s suffrage and the prohibition of alcohol. One widely discussed topic of this time was “Americanism,” the idea that certain unique qualities, traditions, and ideals set apart the United States.

Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), World History

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Declaring War on Japan in 1941: Challenging Students to Explore Multiple Perspectives on a Presidential Speech to Congress

Posted by: Cheryl Lederle

In the September 2025 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article features Franklin Delano Roosevelt's speech to both chambers of Congress and the Supreme Court on December 8, 1941. The article asks: How did the U.S. Constitution, signed on September 17, 1787, influence the nation’s reaction to an event more than 150 years later?

Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)