Journal of William Trent:
Excerpts from Trent’s journal (PDF, 78 kb)
Reading apprenticeship assignment (PDF, 20 kb)

French and Indian War slideshow (PDF, 408 kb)

WWI propaganda posters (link)

Use the link above to jog your creativity, but be sure to create one of your own. The sidebar on the right side of the page has links to propaganda posters from different countries.

As mentioned in class, a simple Google image search will bring up countless alternative sources.

The only criteria are that you submit original work, and that it is historically accurate.

It’s due Monday. No exceptions.

World War I chapter-long presentation (PDF, 5.2 mb)

The above file links to a PDF outlining the entire chapter. It’s a very large file, but quite comprehensive; most of tomorrow’s exam is taken directly from these lessons. I may post a study guide later today, but the PDF above will likely be more useful than the study guide.

UPDATE: Make sure you know what’s on the Venn diagram on page 16. It’s on the test.

Source material: “But Was It Genocide?” by Corey Flintoff, npr.org (link)

We’re having a quiz Friday, October 12.  You’ll be permitted to use your notes.

Triangular trade and the Salem Witch Trials (PDF of slideshow, 807 kb)

In this lesson, students identified historical trends in U.S. isolationist policy, culminating with interventionist action taken in response to the Zimmermann telegram.

Class documents:
1916/U.S. entry to WWI slides (PDF, 752 kb)
1916/U.S. entry to WWI slides (PowerPoint, 4.8 mb)
Zimmermann cryptology handouts (PDF, 52 kb)
Zimmermann decryption key (PDF, 44 kb)

More about Room 40:
Essay at espionageinfo.com (link)
Journal abstract at the Institute for Historical Review (link)

Primary document:
The Zimmermann telegram at the National Archives (link)

Here’s a pair of links for finding the history of last names, which we discussed Tuesday in class:

http://surnames.behindthename.com/
http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/listofweek/jobnames.html

Colonial culture notetaker (PDF, 1.3 mb)