WW1 Artefact Discovery - Skill Development

This Source-based activity designed to get students thinking about SIX items found from WW1.

Specifics:

- Highly scaffolded worksheet
- Enough work for 1-2 x 40 minute lesson/s
- Offers the ability for students to work individually or in a group.
- FOUR activities are included in this resource which build on the previous activities. The second activity is an extension activity of the first which provides students with the opportunity to easily construct a paragraph based on the sources with evidence gathered from the previous activity. The third activity asks a question focused on the usefulness of the sources to a specific example. The fourth activity offers an extension activity of a creative nature.
- An example is provided for students for activity 1.
- Answer are provided for the teacher for the whole of activity 1 which is specific information about the sources provided.
- Advice to teachers would be to print in colour if possible to help students see the items more clearly so they engage in the activity more.
- Very suited to a mixed ability year 9 class as there are varying levels of sources to discover (some are easier to identify than others).
- Can also be used for the HSC course as a quick activity to get students thinking and identifying the usefulness of sources... etc