- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- Using JSTOR
- Session 1: Origins of the First World War
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Why did we fight?
- 1.1 Propaganda posters
- 1.2 The developing debate
- 2 The counter argument
- 2.1 Centenary debates
- 2.2 Evaluating opposing interpretations: John Röhl and Christopher Clark
- 3 Document analysis
- 3.1 A sample discussion
- 3.2 Evaluating historical interpretations
- 4 Summary
- Session 2: Propaganda
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Defining propaganda
- 2 Propaganda in Britain
- 2.1 British propaganda – Example 1
- 2.2 British propaganda – Example 2
- 2.3 Useful resources for studying British propaganda in the First World War
- 3 Propaganda in Germany
- 3.1 German propaganda – Example 1
- 3.2 German propaganda – Example 2
- 3.3 Useful resources for studying German propaganda in the First World War
- 4 Propaganda in the USA
- 4.1 American propaganda – Example 1
- 4.2 American propaganda – Example 2
- 5 Useful resources for studying American propaganda
- 6 Summary
- Session 3: Global war experiences
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 A global war
- 1.1 African-American soldiers and the First World War
- 1.2 Racism in the US Army
- 1.3 Colonial soldiers in the French Army
- 1.4 Case Study: The ‘Harlem Hellfighters’
- 1.5 Case Study: The war experience of Mountain Horse
- 2 Summary
- Session 4: Memory, representation and remembrance
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Historiography
- 2 Primary source analysis – literary responses to the war in Britain
- 2.1 War poetry – Example 1
- 2.2 War poetry – Example 2
- 3 Primary source analysis – war art
- 3.1 War art – Example 1
- 3.2 War art – Example 2
- 4 Primary source analysis – war memorials and commemorative rituals
- 4.1 War memorial – Example 1
- 4.2 War memorial – Example 2
- 5 Summary
- Session 5: Skills and resources for teaching the First World War
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Searching for secondary sources online
- 2 Building online searches
- 3 Using Google Scholar
- 4 Employing filters
- 5 Using JSTOR
- 6 Evaluating academic literature
- 7 Using PROMPT in practice
- 8 Finding and assessing online primary sources
- 9 Other collections
- 10 Summary
- References
- Acknowledgements
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