Every teacher always has their own unique reasons for putting lessons into a certain order. Here are the thoughts I had in the order of the sets for each of the participants.

Soldiers: In the trenches

Set #1

A focus on two of the most intense battles, with the reality that people died there.

Set #2

Looking at the war as an individual soldier, with a focus on the Americans. The 51st Division site is used so that the students might be able to 'see' what the soldier saw as they looked out on their battle torn world.

Set #3

Not everyone in the war was a white European male or a bigger than life movie hero

Pilots: a birds-eye-view

Set #1

Check out the tools of their trade; these are not stealth fighters.

Set #2

the heroes and archetypes

Set #3

day-to-day activities and preparation

Nurses and Medics: unarmed and in the thick of it

Set #1

one medic's day and the conditions of field and hospital

Set #2

women in the war, as nurses

Set #3

another view of a medics days

Leaders: helping us understand the reasons for the sacrifices

Set #1

from political leader's views

Set #2

from officer's views

Set #3

from prominent citizen's views

Civilians: there are no volunteers in this unit

Set #1

life as a Belgium refugee

Set #2

neutrality did not mean non-combatant

Set #3

'seeing' war's daily life through the eyes of contemporary artists

Journalists: our eyes and ears

Set #1

at first the war took little of our headlines; the skills of the press helped establish viewpoints of the sides

Set #2

the press communicates our choice of sides

Set #3

life as a war correspondent, at the front

Home front:

Set #1

how the citizen away from the front could help

Set #2

different views of helping them 'over there'

Set #3

up close and personal