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9th Grade World History project on the causes of World War I

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World War I Overview Article
Includes a brief overview of the various factors leading up to the war
The Way to War
From the International Encyclopedia of the First World War

WWI Video Collections

Off-Campus Access to Databases

If you're off campus, you will be asked to log in through your McCallie Google account. Email Mrs. Wadley if you have any questions.

Library Databases

Credo Source
Start here for any topic!
Gale eBooks
eBooks from Gale
JSTOR
Search here for specific academic articles once you have a good handle on your background knowledge.

High School: Gale in Context
Covers a broad range of topics, people, places, and events in an engaging online experience to help high school students with papers, projects, and presentations.
World History
Scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers offering balanced coverage of events in world history.

Useful Websites

International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Includes extensive information as well as maps and images relating to World War I

Map Resources

Europe and Nations, 1815-1914
24 animated historical maps of the period leading up to World War I

Image Resources

Wikimedia Commons
This source of photographs and images gives you citation information (you still have to format the citation).