First World War information booklet

In History, students should read good historical prose in order to know how to ‘write like a historian’. This complete student information booklet is for use for a half term scheme of work on the causes and events of the First World War. Can be printed for each individual student as a solid resource for classwork and revision as well as useful for teachers planning schemes of work on this topic, providing a clear narrative structure to an enquiry.

Contents:

1. How had the world changed by the 20th century?
2. Kaiser Wilhelm II
3. Crisis in Morocco
4. Trouble in the Balkans
5. Events of 1914 - Schlieffen Plan
6. Trench warfare (including sources)
7. Events of 1915 - Lusitania
8. Events of 1916 - Battle of the Somme
9. Events of 1917 - Zimmerman telegram and Russian Revolution
10. Events of 1918
11. How should WWI be remembered?

Includes with knowledge organiser for key vocab, timeline and summaries of the booklet.