World War I
The aim of this lesson is to question how much Britain valued its Empire soldiers in World War 1.
This subject is very topical at present as historians such as David Olusoga are putting cultural diversity at the forefront of our British history curriculum.
The starting point of the lesson is to analyse the story of Private Johnson Beharry, focusing on his background and the reasons why he was awarded a Victoria Cross, through source or video evidence.
Students will then link his story to World War 1, where they will learn how more V.C.’s were awarded to Empire soldiers than anyone else and discover which parts of the Empire contributed to the war effort and why.
There are case studies in the lesson focused on troops from the Punjab and the West Indies.
The main task students face is to judge how valued Empire soldiers were at the time and if not, how and why they were viewed differently. Ultimately they will need to clarify why this varied widely according to country and race.
They will also be required to write an extended answer using their own opinions, with argument words and scaffolding given if required.
There is a plethora of video evidence to accompany this lesson, with brilliant clips from the BBC and other sources.
Students will finally consolidate their learning by creating sentences from
‘fragments’ and a retrieval task.
The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning.
The resource includes suggested teaching strategies and differentiated materials, and comes in Powerpoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.
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With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created a set of resources for ‘the challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day’ which focus on the First World War and the Peace Settlement. The aims of this bundle are to know and understand how frightening World War 1 was from its inception with the alliance system and the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand to the battlefields on the Western Front and how industrialisation changed the fighting into a static war of attrition. I have created , readapted and used these lessons to challenge and engage students, but also to show how much fun learning about this part of history really is. Students will learn and understand key historical skills throughout such as the continuity and change in the recruitment of men for Kitchener’s army, the causes of the war and the consequences which followed, the similarities and differences of the weapons used on the battlefields, the significance of women on the Home Front and Empire soldiers in the trenches and interpretations about whether it is fair to call Field Marshall Haig as the ‘Butcher of the Somme.’ Each lesson comes with retrieval practice activities, suggested teaching and learning strategies and are linked to the latest historical interpretations and debate from the BBC and other sources. The lessons are fully adaptable and can be changed to suit. The 14 lessons are broken down into the following: L1 The long term causes of WWI L2 The short term causes of WWI L3 Recruitment in WWI L4 Why build trenches? L5 Was life in the trenches all bad? L6 Is it fair to call Haig ‘the Butcher of the Somme’? L7 Cowardice in WWI L8 War in the Air L9 Weapons of WWI L10 The role of women in WWI L11 Conscientious Objectors L12 The end of WWI and the Armistice L13 The Treaty of Versailles L14 Empire Soldiers Key Word Literacy Display included All the resources come in Powerpoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change. The lessons also include differentiated materials and suggested teaching strategies.
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With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created a set of resources which focus on ’the development of the British Empire' with depth studies on India and Australia. <br /> <br /> Furthermore I have been inspired to review and adapt these teaching resources due to recent debates about the impact of the British Empire on the indigenous peoples it conquered and the legacy of Empire and how it influences us still today. <br /> <br /> I would like to thank Sathnam Sanghera for his brilliant book ‘Empireland’ and his enlightened debate on the British Empire and how and why it should be taught in schools.<br /> <br /> This bundle includes historical concepts such empire and colonisation, continuity and change with a focus on the East India Company, the causes and consequences of British rule in India, similarities and differences within the British Empire, the analysis of sources and different interpretations of colonisation such as Australia and finally the significance of people such as Robert Clive, Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Kitchener and their legacy today.<br /> <br /> The 13 lessons are broken down into the following:<br /> 1) An introduction to Empire<br /> 2) The American War of Independence<br /> 3) The British East India Company<br /> 4) Robert Clive<br /> 5) Focus Study – India<br /> 6) Gandhi and Indian independence<br /> 7) Focus Study - Transportation to Australia<br /> 8) The colonisation of Australia<br /> 9) The Scramble for Africa<br /> 10) The Zulu Wars<br /> 11) The Boer War<br /> 12) Apartheid and Nelson Mandela<br /> Bonus lesson: <br /> 13) Empire soldiers in World War 1<br /> <br /> Each lesson comes with suggested teaching and learning strategies, retrieval practice activities, differentiated materials and are linked to the latest historical interpretations, video clips and debate.<br /> <br /> The lessons are fully adaptable in PowerPoint format and can be adapted and changed to suit.
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