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Some time ago, an authentic diary covering 1914-1918 was obtained via an online auction site. These pristine diaries reveal an incredible amount of detail, including what the reaction to world events was around the country. Written by a religious educator from the East Coast, the writing is highly revealing and, luckily, this man wrote almost every single day for five years. This resource has never been explored academically, so student work is novel, and brings this story to life uniquely.
There are models of instruction that exist to reinforce authentic discovery of primary sources. When original diaries
are explored, they often reveal subtleties that texts and conventional academic papers fail to disclose to the extent that
academicians forego access to primary materials. In other words, why solely read a timeline of events from a textbook
when one may read a timeline from the perspective of an individual who was there? Students pick this up immediately
and are engaged far more easily in such cases.
The wave of indignation and anger that is going over this country on account
of the loss of the Lusitania is remarkable. The nation is stirred to its depths and complete reparation must be made
at once by Germany (May 10, 1915).
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