WW1 L10 - Why Was Censorship Used?

This lesson contains:

• A starter which recaps previous knowledge about trenches, but if you haven’t covered it, there is also a starter to consider what a Field Service Post Card was and its purpose.
• A worksheet which is completed as the students work through the different activities.
• A consideration about why soldiers wrote home.
• A summary of the Defense of the Realm Act and its purpose. Defining censorship and its purpose.
• A video from YouTube to illustrate the things that were cut out of letters as part of censorship, and students discuss this.
• A guided reading to analyse why censorship was used.
• An opportunity for the students to analyse a sample letter and censor it themselves based on what they have learned.
• A plenary to assess whether we can trust everything written in the letters.

Attachments:

• 1 x Powerpoint Presentation
• 1 x Publisher File