World War I Websites and Videos for Students
Looking for World War I websites and videos to share with your students? If so, this is the list for you. It is a roundup of engaging and informative websites and videos for students all about World War I.
Kids have access to see, listen to, and read about more than ever before. We can leverage that to our advantage! When we partner with students as they explore the digital realm of the world, we can provide the guidance and tools they need to learn to safely navigate it. You can read more about using websites and videos in the classroom here.
If you’re ready to dive into this list of websites and videos, you can click through the navigation below or keep scrolling. Click on the images to access the resources listed. Be sure to preview all resources to determine age-appropriateness before sharing them with your students.
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Videos
IWM’s Adventures in History Series
This fun collection of weekly videos features a mix of World War I and World War II information. Students can “tune in every Wednesday to watch IWM experts telling their favourite stories that you won’t have heard in the classroom.”
In Flanders Field Museums’ Vlogs
This museum in Belgium has created several informational videos for students covering the war topics of propaganda and poison gas, among others. Note that these vlogs (video blogs) have subtitles.
Maps
American Battle Monuments Commissions’ “World War I Timeline Experience”
This interactive feature can be viewed as a map or chart. Students can toggle through dates to view images and descriptions of key battle moments.
Interactive Features & More
National World War I Museum and Memorial’s immersive tour through the museum
“A Guided Journey through WWI History - Explore highlights of the galleries with one of our curators.”
National World War I Museum and Memorial’s immersive tour through the “Trenches”
“Take a tour of the Museum's trench displays and learn about trench warfare on the Western Front.”
National World War I Museum and Memorial’s interactive timeline
“How long did World War I last? Who fought whom? Journey through the story of the Great War with our Interactive WWI Timeline, covering the world events of 1914 ‑ 1920.”
IWM’s Family Missions
Many interactive quizzes and activities from this collection of “family missions” could be used In the classroom. Do note that there is a mix of World War I and World War II resources.
National World War I Museum and Memorial’s library of lesson plans
“Here you will find lesson plans and other educational resources created by the National WWI Museum and Memorial. Looking for more? Explore the full archive, which includes resources and curricula from our many educational partners.”
Artist Soldiers: The AEF Program
“The First World War was characterized by mass mobilization of people and resources on a scale like none before. Millions of soldiers took to the battlefield, and the industrial output and civilian involvement in support of the war was unprecedented. The event not only remade the world geopolitically, but transformed how societies engage and relate to military conflict.
Artistic expression during the war contributed to this transformation. Before World War I, war art largely depicted heroic military leaders and romanticized battles, done long after the fact, far from the battlefield. The First World War marked a turning point with the appearance of artwork intended to capture the moment in a realistic way, by first-hand participants.
The AEF WWI war art collection currently is held by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, Division of Armed Forces History, from which the artworks in this exhibition are on loan.”
Smithsonian Museum’s Primary Sources by Topic
National Geographic’s Kid-Friendly WWI Facts Overview
