Alliances

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/dualalli.htm

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/empleagu.htm

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/angrusen.htm

Read through these three European alliance treaties. What promises did the parties to the treaties make to each other? What options did they leave to extricate themselves from these treaties? How much impact did treaties such as these have on the European powers and their political decisions in 1914?

Life in the Trenches

http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~habsweb/sourcetexts/kreis1.htm

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1918fraser.html

What did these soldiers mention most often in their journals? Do you notice any distinctions between the journal of the Austrian soldier and that of the Canadian? If so, what are they? What can we learn about the war from such texts?

Opposition to the War

http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~german/gtext/kaiserreich/lux.html

What is Rosa Luxemburg's main argument in this document? Why does she oppose the war? Why does she consider it a turning point for laborers? What can we learn about the war and wartime society from this document?

The Influenza Pandemic of 1918

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/sfeature/devens.html
/> Describe the impact of influenza at Camp Devens. What was so unusual about the fact that so many influenza victims were soldiers?