http://historyexplorer.si.edu/rss?key=resourcesSmithsonian's History Explorer Resources Related To "World War I Overview"http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1025http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1025<p>Americans reluctantly entered Europe's "Great War" and tipped the balance to Allied victory. The United States emerged from the war a significant, but reluctant, world power. Students will learn about&nbsp;American involvement in World War I and&nbsp;how American industrial and military might broke the stalemate that had existed for three bloody years on Europe's Western Front in this section of the online exhibition, <em>The Price of Freedom: Americans at War</em>. A non-flash version of this site is available: <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/printable/section.asp?id=8">World War I</a>.</p>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:35:28 GMThttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=3256http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=3256<p>Analyze museum artifacts and first-person accounts of World War I and the Vietnam War, then take on the role of soldiers and a news team to present a newscast about the experience of fighting in these two wars. This lesson plan (which includes background information and full-color primary sources) was produced to accompany the exhibition <em>The Price of Freedom: Americans at War</em>, by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.</p>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:23:57 GMT