Assassination of Franz Ferdinand, lesson with focus on literacy & challenge tasks

A KS3/4 lesson looking at build up to, events of, and immediate consequences of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28th June 1914.
It features:

1. Numeracy and literacy settlers.
2. Video links, questions and stretch questions.
3. Debate preparation and debate rules.
4. PEEKA paragraph writing task - with scaffold, modelled paragraph and analysis of the model paragraph.
5. Guided reading task (summarizing and key fact extraction) – with a link to a more accessible source if required. Text in the resources section of the ppt.
6. Storyboard task (drawn or digital – template provided)
7. Newsroom task with more facts becoming available throughout the activity – template available.
8. Extension scholarship reading task to promote challenge.
9. Literacy development sheet in resources.

Hope it helps.

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