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Emily, I am thrilled that you will be sharing primary sources from the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and connecting them to ones you find at loc.gov. What a treat for us here in the Network to get an insider's perspective to the Wilson papers.

One place to start a search for your last bullet point, images that connect to the end of the war and the hope it could bring, this collection, Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914 to 1919 .

--Ann

Thank you Ann! I spend very little in the papers unless I am working on a program or a research question for a visitor/teacher, so I am looking forward to diving in more! Thank you for the Newspaper Pictorials Link, I have not seen these and really look forward to exploring.

Emily Kilgore , you may already have discovered the Research Guides at the Library of Congress, but here are two that you might find helpful:

League of Nations: Topics in Chronicling America https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-league-of-nations
Treaty of Versailles: Primary Documents in American History https://guides.loc.gov/treaty-of-versailles

Another potentially relevant Research Guide is called Public International Law: A Beginner's Guide https://guides.loc.gov/public-international-law

And finally, the Library has a guide to digital collections with primary sources for Woodrow Wilson that includes suggestions for the Woodrow Wilson Papers at the Library https://guides.loc.gov/woodrow-wilson

As an expert in all things Woodrow Wilson, you have no doubt read dozens of books about him. I recall being fascinated by the Margaret MacMillan history titled Paris 1919 (copyright 2003). I'm no history expert, but I seem to remember this book providing a really accessible look at the kinds of "palace intrigue" that surrounded the peace talks.

Thank you so much for directing me to a Chronicling America topics page! There is so much out there and this is a great collection! Paris 1919 is one of my favorite books to recommend to people who are interested in the deep dive into what conversations happened at that time, and I love how much is discussed in the thinking on what rooms would be used, such as the signing happening in the "Hall of Mirrors" for effect.

Hi Emily, I will not be able to work with you Wednesday evening. I have looked at your album and I will direct our high school teachers teaching 10th grade American History to your album. I think you have developed engaging activities and the inquiry you have incorporated will foster critical thinking. I especially like the idea of reading the newspaper to understand Wilson's fourteen points. I have heard teachers lecture on these points and this is much better! I really think it would be fun to add the bubbles to the Big Four photo. I have a tendency to focus on photos with my lessons. You have made me rethink using newspaper articles. It is easy to forget what a great resource the Chronicling America can be. The radio address adds so much too. Great job on adding various media sources and including questions.

Thank you Dana! I really like newspaper articles but I am trying to decide which methods and teaching strategies best fit the ones I chose as well as newspapers in general. I know questions using the basic "analyzing primary sources" sheet for newspapers is good, but I have learned so many new strategies and will have to decide if any of them work for long newspaper articles. I love the radio address too and think sound recordings are a great primary source! Thanks again for reviewing my album and I would love to see more 10th grade teachers using the resources I continue to find.

Here is another resource - Analyzing Primary Sources: Learning from Newspapers.

Emily Kilgore , there is a wonderful album about using WWI newspapers right here in the Network. It was written by Margaret Lincoln , one of our Network Mentors, sometime sgo. It has not only primary sources but some analysis tool updates and other suggestions for inquiry learning about WWI using Chronicling America. Check it out: Newspapers of WWI.

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Emily, you have put together an amazing album that pairs LOC primary sources with very significant ones at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library. What a gift! I was delighted to see how you took TPS inquiry strategies and adapted them to fit the primary sources in your album. Your Teacher Notes are going to be used by others inside and outside of this Network! Thank you!

I have spent only a short amount of time on the Woodrow Wilson Museum website but your album has me wondering if you have some teacher tutorials or aids for searching your collections that could be posted here in your album as either a comment or a file uploaded to the album. It would be a way to provide some new perspectives to us in the TPS Network.

--Ann

Hey Ann, we are actively working on that within our site and I will post what we have! Thank you for thinking of this!

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This is a fantastic album! I've added a link to it here - Today in History: Paris Peace Conference.

Hi Emily,

I have a teacher who would like to use your album!

Hey Dana Wright , Feel free to share! I am adding a few more items this week and will be adding to it regularly.

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