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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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