Conscription and Conchies. I really like this lesson.
Starter: Image of white feather - thinking - no answer as they find out during lesson
Introduction - reading
Opinions
Emotions
Feelings
Fair?
Lots of discussion
Gap fill - paragraph information summed up
Word bank
Definitions included to help
Answers available in green
Worksheet table - students read information and decide
Students read. I fill out first one and explain my decisions on the table - onto board or share screen
Students read. We do this together. Cold call. Good modelling and scaffolding.
Double sided sharing 3-6 for them to work with the person next to them or alone
Plenary: About themselves. Enlist or object? Both are brave.
Image starter - tactics used
Objectives
Slide information
Mind map
Images/ video
Discussion (pair)
Objective 1 done
Tasks
complete grid from information
ranking
explain (sentence starters x3)
Objective 2/3 done
Pair quiz
3 questions/ answers
Self regulation.
Worksheet included
Weapon information sheets included (different formats for adaptations)
Starter
Intentions
Image/ labels
Mind map - partner work
Intention 1 done
Videos
Notes
Intention 2 done
Tasks
Information sheet with questions
Think/ Pair/ Share - discoveries advancements and improvements in WW1 used today
How did WW1 help medicine after war
20-30 words, with examples to support
Intention 3 done
Extra work available as challenges etc.
First lesson
Homework
Intentions
Questions/ key terms stick in
Causes of war images - list them
Challenge included
Reading
Map skills
M.A.I.N - remember
Reading - note taking of MAIN
Images and maps included
Worksheet
must be printed BLACK and WHITE
match up key terms
Colour map for triple alliance and triple entente
Rank the causes tension
Describe two main causes of WW1
Sentence starters
Challenge included
Peer marking
Draw it MAIN
Image - thinking and list
Intentions
Key terms
Posters
Video (5mins)
Questions
Answers
Photograph story
Article of man
Recruitment strategies
(definition of words on board)
Reading
Images
Songs - brief - can play in background
Posters (several slides)
Did it work? Yes, facts.
Creative task
2 options: Letter/ Poster
Prompts
Sentence starters
Spelling test starter
Homework showcase
Peer assessment
Recognition
What went well (more)
How to improve (one)
Confidence builder
Peer assessment worksheet
BLIND voting
Rewards
Kahoot
Students love it, and are very excitable throughout the whole hour.
Adaptable to control energy/ behaviour
Key terms
On the spot challenges
Adaptable lesson plan
In seats plan but can change to around the room idea/ or 1 worksheet
Timer use, kept good pace and fun.
Answers
Assessment
Plenary
Print outs available
Starter - holiday and prior knowledge/ item analysis (BLACK SAND as GUNPOWDER act)
Counting barrels from image - engaging students and thinking why 36?
Video - task
Follow up questions - why etc. and barrels.
Story telling
Task - comic strip
Challenge - poetry
Recognition and sharing plenary
Rewarding
Video recreation of parliment blowng up in 30 seconds! Exciting.
Students tend to ask - why would he blow himself up? so you need to also explain how gunpowder works.
Students LOVE this lesson so much that we introduced it to several schools in the trust.
I decided to throw in the full lesson plan so you can have the questions to ask (if you don’t know much about the history, plot etc.) so that you can teach it well.
Video and book version (if no book - can print out one of the slides for references)
Reading version - can be combined as group roleplay or volunteers roleplay as demonstration (with teacher adding questions as they role play)
Can be 1-2 lessons long or more depending what you want to use.
Can also use parts of extras for a homework task/ starter/ plenary
Extras
keywords
create your own treaty
terms of the treaty
worksheet
roleplay cards
Starter - images
Information
Challenge included
Definition
Label trenches - information sheets around the room - adapted worksheet available
Table - life in the trenches with challenges included - information sheet to share (double sided/ 1 page) with images
Video - emotions
Success criteria on independent literacy task - level 3 to 6
Starter sentences/ format/ letter (for all or low ability)
Keywords bingo - word bank included, bingo sheets available to print if needed - definitions available for teacher to read if needed
Adaptable to 1 hour or 3 hours. Resources included.
Unscamble starter
Challenge included
Intentions
Image show (bit by bit)
Questions about image
Information and images
Reading information sheet
Summarise/ questions via discussion
Images/ slight information of areas around Swindon
WW1 man story to read
Worksheet (3 questions)
To read and answer in full sentences
Hard challenge- paragraph writing PEEL
Starter sentences, paragraph sentences etc.
Information poster
Success criteria
Peer marking - success criteria
Hot Seat (adaptable)
Boys Vs Girls
Lots of materials to expand/ use for longer lessons
Can use for adaptation
Optional: Documentary 50 minutes with questions to answers - sections of the documentary - check questions to find points for documentary. The questions available do not use the entire documentary.
Main PPT is for 1 hour
Starter (song/ lyrics) - short.
Lyrics available for reading and analysis of lyrics before hearing the song
Reading
Primary sources - infer information (3 on PPT) - resources for 7 with originals if you’d like to extend task/ lesson
Advert (included video)
Article about the advert
Is this accurate of the event?
Compare primary sources to advert
Opinions
Discussions
Why did this happen? e.g. money etc.
Quote
Agree or disagree - disrespectful or acceptable?
Sentence starter
Task
Postcard
Blank print outs
Gap fills/ sentence starters to use or to print as adaptation according to class ability
Challenge
Super challenge
Time wise: can draw on back, can share etc. to extend or not lessons
Plenary: 3/2/1
Retrieval MAIN
Finish previous if needed.
Intention
FLASH TECHNIQUE
students must be ready
show 1 second
discuss
now show 10 seconds
discuss
now show properly and discuss what it really is
technique gets their brain working
Black and white image only
Reading
Map
Video animation - work out why
Discuss
Reading
Storyboard
handout
gapfill story
word bank
Image with speech bubble
write what he would say
I left notes in the comments of PPT if needed.
Part 2:
Finish off if needed
Art analysis - new skills/ transferable skills
Role play learning
Students interview you (the assassin) - be prepared for questions
I included fact sheet for you in case you need some information
Note: students asked basic questions anyway (Year 8s mixed)