Bell Ringers
| Clip Of World War I Images

Bell Ringer: President Woodrow Wilson and World War I

Description

Robert Enholm leads a tour of the President Woodrow Wilson House in Washington, D.C., and highlights its exhibit of World War I paintings that were among those helping to shape public opinion before America entered the war.

5 minutes

Bell Ringer Assignment

  • How did President Wilson and his wife acquire their gifts of state collection?
  • Explain the two crises that President Wilson faced during his time as president.
  • Compare the U.S. during that time to our country today.
  • Explain President Wilson’s position on America’s role in world conflict.
  • Describe how the art of the time reflected events of WWI. Howmight that have shaped public opinion?

Participants

    Vocabulary

    • Bright’s Disease
    • Edith Bolling Wilson
    • Ellen Wilson
    • Gifts Of State
    • Kaiser Wilhelm Ii
    • King George V Of Great Britain
    • Mediator
    • Neutrality
    • Woodrow Wilson
    • Wwi