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What was army life like in the First World War?

Unit 8

Learning Objective
To know and understand what life was
like for the average British soldier in the First World War

PLTS - Team Workers

Success Criteria

A: to know and understand the structure of the British Army and the strengths and weaknesses of various weapons and to evaluate their impacts on the normal life of the average Tommy B: to know and understand the structure of the British Army and the strengths and weaknesses of various weapons and to be able to analyse the effectiveness of both

C: to know and understand the structure of the British Army and the strengths and weaknesses of various weapons

Starter
You have a card sort on your desks to
complete in pairs

Extension: complete the second card


sort

Russia declares war on Austria

Serbia refuses to follow the ultimatum

Austria issues ultimatum to Serbia

Germany declares war on Russia

France declares war on Germany

Assassinati on of Franz Ferdinand

Germany invades France through Belgium

Britain declares war on Germany

Austria declares war on Serbia

For the extension, sort the countries as to whether or not they fought with or against Britain

Assassinati on of Franz Ferdinand

Austria issues ultimatum to Serbia

Serbia refuses to follow the ultimatum

Austria declares war on Serbia

Russia declares war on Austria

Germany declares war on Russia

France declares war on Germany

Germany invades France through Belgium

Britain declares war on Germany

Background
The British Army went into war in four
distinct phases

The Regular Army The Territorials The Volunteers The conscripts

Pair Work
Using Source B on page 122, construct
a diagram showing the structure of the British Army

You need to record each unit and


where possible the rank of the soldier in charge
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Division - Major-General Brigade - Brigadier Battalion - Lieutenant-Colonel

Company - Major/Captain
Platoon - Lieutenant

Pair Work 2
Use Sources
C,D,E&F and the information on the pages to complete the following table
Weapon
Lee Enfield Vickers Machine Gun

Strengths

Weaknesses

Lewis Gun

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Stokes Mortar

Well?

What did you come up with?

Plenary
What have you learned so far that you
didnt know at the start of the lesson?

Individual Work
Using the information on pages 126 and
127 answer the following question

How was morale in the British Army


maintained?

Extension
Which of the sources that we will look at
today is the most useful for telling us about life in the army?

Which is the most reliable? Explain your answers fully with


reference to provenance, utility and reliability and NOP

Alphabet Facts


You will have four minutes to write as many facts you have learned about the topic studied today
Each one should start with a different letter of the alphabet How many will you get?

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