Conflict & Tension 1894-1918: What Was The Schlieffen Plan?

AQA GCSE history lesson on what the Schlieffen Plan was and the reasoning behind it as well as Plan 17.

We start with an instagram retrieval practice starter, before a reminder of what Germany’s problem of a war on two fronts meant. We then introduce General Count Alfred Von Schlieffen. The pupils create a quick profile on this key person. We then look at a video clip which the pupils then use to create an annotated map of the plan. We then look at the details of the plan. The pupils look for potential problems with it as well as answering some questions. We then look at Schlieffen’s successor Moltke and his alterations to the plan before the pupils complete an extentometer question on whether Schlieffen’s plan represented the most sensible solution to the problem of a war on two fronts.

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