WW1 L7 - Were the 'Conchies' Cowards?

This lesson contains:

• A starter to consider the lyrics of a song and whatit shows about the person’s feelings of war.
• A background into who the conchies were and an exercise to consider why they disliked war.
• An overview of conscription and the need for more troops, while there were exemptions allowed and how they could be achieved.
• A consideration of what happens to those who get their exemptions denied, and a consolidation exercise to bring it all together.
• An activity to read 6 short case studies, real examples, and to assess their exemption case. Students decide the verdict, then find out what really happened afterwards.
• A final judgement of whether conchies were misunderstood or cowards.

Attachments:

• 1 x Powerpoint Presentations
• 2 x Word Files
• 2 x Publisher Files