A Teacher's Companion to
Letters from the Front, 1898-1945
Voices of the Wisconsin Past
Background | Vocabulary and Preliminary Activities | Questions
Vocabulary
Spanish–American War (pages 1- 24)
- blockade
- turret
- hardtack and sowbelly
- insurgent
World War I (pages 25-71)
- Spanish influenza
- billet
- "no man's land"
- doughboys
- tommy
- Fritz
World War II (pages 73-165)
- martial law
- WACS and WAVES
- VE– and VJ Days
Preliminary Activities
- Have students identify and describe any useful historical evidence included in a single letter.
- Lead a discussion about how a letter supports or challenges standard historical interpretations, including those in U.S. history textbooks.
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