Soldiers of Empire: British Indian Army and French Senegalese Army

I love this lesson, as it isn’t the usual broad lesson from the textbook. Instead it focuses on a couple of different cases from the British and French empires.
It was designed for Year 8, but I have used it once with Year 10 and it worked well - with a slightly deeper discussion. I teach in a school with a large proportion of students of South Asian descent and the information about the British Indian Army emphasises the diversity of the soldiers within it.

The lesson includes a reading handout and link to a 3 minute video.

The attention of football fans is sought by asking them to name a well known Senegalise player who pictures appears on the screen.