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8/2/2019 Trenches Lesson
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What was army life like in the
First World War?Unit 8
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Learning Objective
To know and understand what life waslike for the average British soldier in theFirst World War
PLTS - Team Workers
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Success Criteria
A: to know and understand the structure of the British Army and the
strengths and weaknesses of various weapons and to evaluate theirimpacts on the normal life of the average Tommy
B: to know and understand the structure of the British Army and thestrengths and weaknesses of various weapons and to be able toanalyse the effectiveness of both
C: to know and understand the structure of the British Army and thestrengths and weaknesses of various weapons
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Starter
You have a card sort on your desks tocomplete in pairs
Extension: complete the second card
sort
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Assassinati
on of FranzFerdinand
Germanydeclareswar onRussia
Russiadeclareswar onAustria
Austria
declares waron Serbia
Serbia refusesto follow theultimatum
Austriaissues
ultimatum toSerbia
Francedeclareswar on
Germany
Germany
invades Francethrough Belgium
Britain
declareswar onGermany
For the extension, sort
the countries as towhether or not they
fought with or againstBritain
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Assassination of FranzFerdinand
Germanydeclareswar onRussia
Russiadeclareswar onAustria
Austriadeclares war
on Serbia
Serbia refusesto follow theultimatum
Austriaissues
ultimatum toSerbia
Francedeclareswar on
Germany
Germanyinvades Francethrough Belgium
Britaindeclareswar on
Germany
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Background
The British Army went into war in fourdistinct phases
The Regular Army
The Territorials
The Volunteers The conscripts
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Pair Work
Using Source B on page 122, construct
a diagram showing the structure of theBritish Army
You need to record each unit and
where possible the rank of the soldier incharge
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Division - Major-General
Brigade - Brigadier
Company - Major/Captain
Battalion - Lieutenant-Colonel
Platoon - Lieutenant
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Pair Work 2
Use SourcesC,D,E&F and theinformation on thepages to complete
the following table
Weapon Strengths Weaknesses
Lee Enfield
VickersMachine
Gun
Lewis Gun
StokesMortar
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Well?
What did you come up with?
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Plenary
What have you learned so far that youdidnt know at the start of the lesson?
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Individual Work
Using the information on pages 126 and127 answer the following question
How was morale in the British Army
maintained?
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Extension
Which of the sources that we will look attoday is the most useful for telling us
about life in the army?
Which is the most reliable?
Explain your answers fully withreference to provenance, utility andreliability and NOP
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Alphabet Facts You will have four minutes to
write as many facts you havelearned about the topic studiedtoday
Each one should start with adifferent letter of the alphabet
How many will you get?
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