Poster showing a YMCA facility for soldiers, with men sleeping on couches, in chairs, and on the floor. Illustration is by Edgar Wright. Title from item.

In this lesson, students will survey the extent of and experiences of African Americans in military service during US war efforts from the Revolution to the Vietnam Conflict using a Hyperdoc (see attached) that can be assigned using your LMS system.

In this lesson, students view archival photographs, combine their efforts to comb through a database of more than 2,000 archival newspaper accounts about race relations in the United States, and read newspaper articles written from different points of view about post-war riots in Chicago.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the experiences of African American Soldiers in World War I. Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills and draw diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide. These sets were created and reviewed by the teachers on the DPLA's Education Advisory Committee.

Late in 1917, the War Department created two all-black infantry divisions. The 93rd Infantry Division received unanimous praise for its performance in combat, fighting as part of France's 4th Army. In this lesson, students combine their research in a variety of sources, including firsthand accounts, to develop a hypothesis evaluating contradictory statements about the performance of the 92nd Infantry Division in World War I.

Poster showing a soldier and an officer saluting. Service Series no. 13. Mounted with other Service Series posters. Title from item.

Poster showing biplanes in flight. Poster has no text, but blank space for text to be added. No. 78. Title devised by Library staff.

Poster showing the British flag and the Magen David. W. 13110 5M. 3/15. Title from item.

Poster shows Canadian soldiers in trucks driving over a road paved with war bonds. Title from item. W.P. No. 5.

Poster showing a soldier reading. Text continues: You will find popular books for fighting men in the recreational buildings and at other points in this camp. Free. No red tape. Open every day. Good reading will help you advance. Library War Service, American Library Association.

Poster shows a woman, representing Canada, on a horse, holding the British flag; next to her stands a Canadian soldier and overhead is an airplane; in background, the exhibition grounds. Various other war-related items are depicted. Title from item.

Poster showing a child wearing a scarf on her head. American Committee Relief in the Near East. Armenia-Greece-Syria-Persia. 1 Madison Ave., New York, Cleveland H. Dodge Treas. Signed with unidentified monogram (D. or H. P. ?). Committee on Public Information, Division of Pictorial Publicity.

Poster showing a child wearing a scarf on her head. American Committee Relief in the Near East. Armenia-Greece-Syria-Persia. Baltimore Campaign February 9th to 17th. Signed with unidentified monogram (D. or H. P. ?).

This lesson provides students with tools to analyze primary source newspaper articles about the Great War (1914"“1917) in order to understand public opinion regarding the U.S. entry into the war from multiple perspectives.

Text continues: Relics from over there. Captured German cannons, helmets, gas masks, bomb throwing machines, famous minnenweffers, machine guns of all kinds, whippet tank, armored car, and many other interesting articles. Free. Free. [blank spaces for local exhibition details] Poster is text only. Title from item.

Poster showing a battle scene with trenches, a tank, and explosion. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Poster showing a girl before an American flag, with bags and baskets of produce. Designed, cut and printed at the School of Printing and Graphic Arts of Wentworth Institute, Boston, Mass. Wentworth poster no. 20.

Soldier holding rifle and boy standing behind him, with his hand on soldier's back.

Poster showing a military review, with soldiers displaying a German cannon that was captured at the battle of Chateau Thierry. Text continues: Save fruit pits and nut shells and help save soldiers' lives. The War Department needs the pits and shells because they furnish the best carbon for the Gas Masks which protect our fighters. Make your contribution to your war bureau or local Red Cross Chapter. Caption: A German gun, one of Hindenburg's own captured by the Americans at Chateau Thierry. Photo shows a group of American soldiers who just returned from the front and brought with them a gun which they captured at Chateau Thierry, France. It is expected that the gun will be given to some city to be located in a park to stand as evidence of our success against the Germans. News Photo Poster No. 19, issued for Maine Committee on Public Safety, Blaine Mansion, Augusta, Maine. Copyright Paul Thompson, N.Y. Mounted with other News Photo Posters. Title from item.

Service Series poster promoting the First Division as a unit that works around the clock, showing half-length drawing of a soldier, holding rifle, on the face of a clock. "Special" issue of "Service Series" posters.