No Man's War: A Trilogy

World War I in Three Parts

No Man’s War is a World War I curriculum and simulation stream within ReCast the Past. Through immersive historical simulations, primary sources, and guided writing, students examine how political tensions led to global war, how industrialized fighting transformed human experience, and how a failed peace reshaped the modern world.

The focus is not memorization, but understanding—tracking cause and consequence, evaluating perspective and power, and developing sound historical judgment in moments where history offers no simple answers.

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Fault Lines - Updated Video Coming Soon! (1/9/26)

Focus: Origins and escalation

Fault Lines examines the political tensions, alliances, and assumptions that pulled Europe into World War I. Through the eyes of individuals living in England, Germany, Serbia, Russia, and France, students investigate how nationalism, imperial ambition, and misjudged confidence created a fragile system that collapsed under pressure.

Student outcomes:
Students learn to identify root causes versus trigger events, trace escalation, and explain how human decisions—rather than inevitability—drive historical crises.

Voices From Beyond the Wire

Focus: Lived experience and human cost

Beyond the Wire moves into the trenches, the factories, the parlors, and the workrooms where industrialized warfare dismantled idealism and reshaped identity. Through diverse character perspectives, artifacts, and primary sources, students confront trauma, disillusionment, and moral ambiguity.

Student outcomes:
Students learn to analyze multiple perspectives, interpret emotionally charged sources, and develop nuanced insight when evidence is fragmented and certainty breaks down.

Versailles: Power and Peace

Focus: Consequences and aftermath

Versailles: Power and Peace explores the Treaty of Versailles and the fragile settlement that followed the war. During role-play, students examine how power politics, fear, and punishment shaped a peace that failed to secure stability.

Student outcomes:
Students become diplomats at the Conference of Versailles, where they trace long-term consequences, evaluate decisions by outcomes rather than intentions, and assess how unresolved conflict shapes future history.

No Man's War: A Trilogy

World War I in Three Parts

Fault Lines - Updated Video Coming Soon! (1/9/26)

Voices From Beyond the Wire

Versailles: Power and Peace

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