Click on the above cartoon about the Treaty of Versailles to go to a Brittanica page on the Treaty.
One effective strategy for improving retention is note taking – not just because you’ll have a written record to refer to in the future, but also because the actual act of taking notes can help cement concepts in your mind. There is no single way of taking notes. Browse these resources to find what suits you.
Tips on how to organise the information you've read into a useful set of notes State Library of Victoria - Ergo
Once you've read this, watch the Cornell Method video. This is an excellent strategy.
Note-taking (University of Melbourne)
At the outset of World War I Australia did not have conscription and instead was able to rely on many volunteers. However as the war raged on the armed forces found it increasingly difficult to recruit soldiers and the government had to consider conscription.
Below is a weblink from the Australian War Memorial on the conscription debate of WW1.
Sources: the conscription debate | Australian War Memorial (awm.gov.au)
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Click on the above image to go to Encyclopaedia Brittanica. From there you can access the Primary, Middle and High levels of Brittanica.
Brittanica online provides research materials including articles, images and videos.
To view the video above, sign into Brittanica from the log in to the left.
Click on the infographic below to go to a video from Brittanica on the origins of World War 1.
Helpful Brittanica article on the causes and outbreak of WW1, Log into Brittanica beforehand.
Propaganda:
The organised spreading of ideas, information, or rumours designed to promote or damage an institution, movement, country, or political party.
Penguin English Dictionary.
Click on the image above to find out more about propaganda posters of WW1 from The Australian War Memorial.
Click below to go to various websites on propaganda in WW1.
Description of propaganda in WW1 from the State Library of Victoria.
Propaganda | Ergo (slv.vic.gov.au)
Australian World War I posters: Manuscripts and Special Collections: NYS Library (nysed.gov)
World War I: Recruitment posters preyed on emotion to encourage enlistment - ABC News
The legacy of wartime propaganda Part 1 | PROV
The website below from the Victorian Government Education site includes an example of propaganda poster analysis.
lesson-1-poster-analysis.pdf (www.vic.gov.au)
Analysis of a variety of propaganda posters from Australia. Taken from an exhibition at The Old Treasury Building, Victoria.
Propaganda and the conscription debate – Old Treasury Building
Militarism: the opinions or actions of people who believe that a country should use military methods, forces, etc., to gain power and to achieve its goals
Nationalism: a feeling that people have of being loyal to and proud of their country often with the belief that it is better and more important than other countries
Alliances: a union between people, groups, countries, etc. : a relationship in which people agree to work together
Triple-entente: Triple Entente, association between Great Britain, France, and Russia, the nucleus of the Allied Powers in World War I.
Triple alliance: Triple Alliance, secret agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed in May 1882 and renewed periodically until World War I.
Imperialism: imperialism, state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas.
The above definitions are taken from Brittanica.com.au
An article from The British Library outlining German atrocities during ww1, the use of war propaganda and British viewpoints on Germany after the war.
The Long Shadow of the ‘German Atrocities’ of 1914 | The British Library (bl.uk)
A Map of the Western Front battles during WW1 from World Book online.
World War I: Western Front 1914-1917 | Map | World Book Advanced (worldbookonline.com)
Article on the role of Kaiser Wilhelm 11, King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany and the changing nature of Germany before WW1.
How Kaiser Wilhelm II Changed Europe Forever | Imperial War Museums (iwm.org.uk)
Italy in 1914
History - Article - Italy and World War I (infobase.com)
From Infobase
Article from the US National WW1 Museum and Memorial on Italy entering WW1.
Italy Enters World War I | National WWI Museum and Memorial (theworldwar.org)
A brief article on the background to Austria Hungary from Brittanica.
Background articles on Russia in 1914.
Background information on Britain in WW1 from The National Army Museum in London.
The Commonwealth and the First World War | National Army Museum (nam.ac.uk)
A weblink from the BBC on the impact of WW1 in Britain and abroad.
A long article on France's involvement in WW1 and it's context before the war.
France | International Encyclopedia of the First World War (WW1) (1914-1918-online.net)
Article on the context of the Turkey/Ottoman empire before WW1.
Weblink from History.com on the Turkey/Ottoman empire before WW1.