I retired from teaching in 2008, but I have hundreds of old pictures and maps, scanned from old history and geography books. If you can use any of these, feel free. These materials on World War I come from various sources:
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I don't think we should ever allow students to imagine that war is glamorous. Badly disfigured doughboy. |
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Guy Empey, an American who served with the British army said there was one good result of gas attacks. The rats in the trenches were all killed. |
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Would students grasp the danger to the crew from the location of the gas tank? |
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Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker. |
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American troops greeted in France as heroes. |
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Sgt. York said he never told his mother about his heroics. He was not proud of having killed other men. |
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An unrealistic view of trench warfare from an American school book published in 1920. |
I took all of these maps and comparisons from a geography book published in 1913, World Geography, Part II, by Tarr and McMurray.
I scanned all of these pictures from
old Harper’s Monthly magazines, if you can use any of them. They’re from 1886
and before.
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Flirtation at a party in 1886. |
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Style for girls - 1886. |
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Native American baby carrier. |
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Scalp drying on a frame - 1870. |
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Style for women - 1870. |
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Bicycles in style - 1886. |
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Hair dressing product sure to make you forget your dandruff - 1886. |
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A woman caught in a tree on a hike - 1886. |
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Three women out for a hike - 1886. |
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School days - c. 1765. |
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John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. |
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The latest in firefighting technology - 1860s. |
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Scene from King Philip's War. |
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Lt. Lemley gives Featherhead a ride - 1886. |
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Attending to a young woman. |
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Flirtation never goes out of style - 1886. |
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Anti-Catholic propaganda - England - 1685. |
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Some addictions never change - 1627. |
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Protest against King Charles II. |
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Washington D.C. scene - 1875. |
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An acrobatic gentleman changes his seat at a party - 1872 |
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Ready for a shave - 1872. |
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The first (mythical) leader of the Iroquois Confederation. |
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Typical country store - 1870. |
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Forgetful customer at the country store - 1870. |
If you have any questions, feel free to email me at villejjv@yahoo.com. Or you can find me on Facebook, John Viall.
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