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Annotated Bibliography - More Resources
on World War 1
Paul Brown and Ruth Kilpatrick
Camden High School
Condon, Christopher, The Modern World: Conflict and
Change. Macmillan Education, 1994.
Chapters 7-12 provide clearly written summaries of the
main events of the war. A good range of sources, both
pictorial and written, support the skills sections at the
end of each chapter.
Guest, Vic, Eshuys, Joe and Lawrence, Judith, World
War I: Causes, Course and Consequences. Macmillan
Education, 1990.
This book has a wealth of primary sources and many
suggestions to teachers for using the evidence. There is a
good chapter on essay writing and referencing in
history.
McCallum, Anne, Evidence of War: Studying the First
World War through Sources. Rigby Heinemenn, 1996.
An excellent new textbook that covers all relevant
topics and provides a detailed approach to answering the
Core using sources as evidence. Useful for both teachers
and students.
Macdonald, Lyn, They Called It Passchendaele: The Story of the Third Battle of Ypres and of the Men Who Fought in It. Joseph, 1978.
O'Brien, Carolyn and Merritt, Alan, 1914-1918: The
World at War. Heinemann Educational, 1991.
This book covers both the preliminary and HSC sections
of the course. Considerable detail and well
illustrated.
Stewart, D., Fitzgerald, J., and Pickard, A. The Great
War - Sources and Evidence. Thomas Nelson, 1995.
This book covers both the preliminary and HSC sections
of the course. It is particularly good on aspects of the
Home Front in Australia, Britain and Germany.
Swinton, J., The First World War. Longman,
1995.
This book examines the origins of the war, war on the
Western Front, the wider war and the home front (in
Britain, Germany and Australia). There are documentary
extracts and useful visual resources.
Winter, Dennis. Death's Men, Soldiers of the Great
War. Penguin Books, 1978.
One of the best general books on the Great War. Winter
looks very closely at the experiences of those who fought
in the British Army. Excellent material, particularly on
weapons and trench life.
