This lesson is intended for use AFTER a lesson on the first day of the Somme: Students some previous knowledge of what happened on July 1st.
Everyone knows that the Somme was the most lethal battle in British history - or was it?
This lesson gives your students the chance to use simple statistics to compare July 1st with two other famous battles and draw conclusions from their casualty lists.They then have to decide why the Somme has gained such a dreadful reputation as 'the black day of the British army'?
Can be extended into a very simple but rewarding research homework.
Everyone knows that the Somme was the most lethal battle in British history - or was it?
This lesson gives your students the chance to use simple statistics to compare July 1st with two other famous battles and draw conclusions from their casualty lists.They then have to decide why the Somme has gained such a dreadful reputation as 'the black day of the British army'?
Can be extended into a very simple but rewarding research homework.
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