World War I Primary Sources
Objective: You will explore Wars
by reading, examining or listening to a letter, journal, diary, picture,
newspaper, poster, document or recording created during that time period.
We use many sources of information to answer
our questions and research our topics. In research we use both primary sources and secondary sources. Primary sources are actual records
that have survived from the past, such as letters, photographs, articles of
clothing, etc. Secondary sources
are accounts of the past created by people writing about events sometime after
they happened.
Your textbook is an example of a secondary source because the author
is writing about events that happened in the past but it may also contain many primary sources. You are going to
find other primary sources
to provide an understanding of War. Primary
sources may be objects (artifacts, tools, weapons,
inventions, fashions, uniforms), images (photographs, film, video), audio
(oral histories, music, interviews, speeches,) or documents (books,
letters, journals, diaries).
Letters:
The Letters of Francis James Mack [http://www.worldwar1.com/sfanzac1.htm
]
MACK,
Cpl. Francis James, 4330. 29th Bn.Australian
Inf. Died of wounds 29th July, 1918. Age 20. Son of Henry Francis and Eva Mildred Mack, of 33,
World War 1 Primary Sources [http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page]
This archive of primary
documents from World War I has been assembled by volunteers of the World War I
Military History List (WWI-L). International
in focus, the archive intends to present in one location primary documents
concerning the Great War.
Dear Home/Letter from WW1 – [http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=1025&display_order=1&mini_id=1400]
Go back in time through the
letters of those who participated in World War I -- including both soldiers and
a nurse -- and who saw tragedy up close...
Views of War -- http://www.kancoll.org/graphics/cruzan/
A soldiers diary –
The diary of bugler Benjamin Cruzan 1917-1919
Library of Congress/Memories – http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html (Select War, Military or Search World War I)
-- Newspapers and photographs
Newspapers:
Front Page Selections -- http://www.worldwar1.com/tlba.htm
Tuesday, 8-Jun-1915 - The
Documents:
World War 1 Primary Sources --http://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/WebLinks/WebLinks-WorldWar1.htm#docs
Historic Documents
Prepared by R. Wagner and P. Richter Prepared for Mr. Shulman 12/2007