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| Enquiry 9:
Conclusions |
| How should the First World War
be remembered? |
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| Mini Enquiry Questions |
- How has the First world war been interpreted by novelists?
- Why do people today see the First World War as such an important event?
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| Timing - 2 Lessons |
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| Assessment Focus |
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Key Stage 3 (Level 6-7):
- 3a - how and why historical events, people, situations and changes have been
interpreted in different ways
- 3b - to evaluate interpretations
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GCSE:
- recall, select, organise and deploy knowledge of the specification content to
communicate through description, analysis and explanation of the key features and
characteristics of the periods, societies or situations studied
- comprehend, analyse, and evaluate, in relation to the historical context, how and
why historical events, people, situations and changes have been interpreted and
represented in different ways
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| Standard Grade: S3-S4 |
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| Learning Objectives |
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Pupils should learn:
- that people interpret and represent the First World War in different ways
- interpretations reflect the circumstances in which they were made, the available
evidence and the intentions of those who make them
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| Suggested Teaching
Activities |
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Lesson 1:
- Pupils evaluate interpretations of the First World war contained in
literature.
- Pupils evaluate the BBC web-site as a historical source
Lesson 2:
- Pupils reflect on how the First World War should be remembered. They select a
visual source that exemplifies the nature of the war on the western Front and have to
explain why the war is significant in not more than 100 words.
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| Extension Activities |
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| Pupils work in groups to produce a class web site (each pair could
produce one web page) on the First World War.
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| Resources |
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| Points to Note |
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ICT - the extension activity provides pupils with
the opportunity to design a class web-site and to work in small groups on designing
web pages.
Alternatively pupils could use ICT facilities to produce a book Jacket
as part of Activity C.
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Enquiry 1
