The First World War - Gallipoli

This lesson focuses on the Gallipoli Campaign during World War I, from April 1915 to January 1916. Students will explore the strategic objectives, key participants, and outcomes of the campaign. Activities include analysing key figures, watching a video summary, guided reading, a relay activity, and a storyboard creation task. The lesson concludes with a PEEKA writing task to summarise the consequences of the campaign and a peer assessment activity.

Lesson Content and Activities:

Introduction:

Overview of the Gallipoli Campaign, including the involved countries and main objectives.
What Happened:

Discuss the timeline and key events of the campaign.
Identify the roles of Kemal Ataturk, Winston Churchill, and the ANZACs.
Video Activity:

Watch a video summarising the Gallipoli Campaign.
Write a short summary covering causes, events, and consequences.
Guided Reading:

Complete a guided reading activity with provided text.
Subtitle each paragraph.
Write down three key facts.
Highlight and define any unknown words.
Document Analysis:

Read and summarise historical documents.
Complete a table showing how each document provides evidence of the campaign’s significance.
Relay Activity:

Participate in a relay activity to recreate a diagram of the battle events.
Lessons Learned and Application to D-Day:

Discuss the lessons learned from the Gallipoli Campaign and how they were applied to the D-Day landings.
Storyboard Activity:

Create a storyboard for a documentary on the Gallipoli Campaign, focusing on key scenes.
Writing Task:

Use the PEEKA structure to write paragraphs explaining the consequences of the Gallipoli Campaign.
Incorporate evidence from the video and documents analysed.
Peer Assessment:

Peer assess partners’ paragraphs, focusing on historical skills and content.
Resources:

Video link
Guided reading text
Historical documents (reports, photographs)
PEEKA planning sheet
Writing prompts and sentence stems
Taken from a series of over 30 First World War lessons made by Wolsey Academy. They provide a thorough foundation of knowledge in this vital period of 20th Century History and each lesson looks to focus on a range of historical skills and exam techniques to equip students with knowledge and transferable research, analysis and study skills.

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