Category Archives: World War 1

Year 9A & Year 9B Today we are going to continue with the introduction to our first topic: World War One. Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Let’s see how well you know the countries in Europe… …on a 1914-map of Europe!! Stick the map into your book and then label the various placesContinue reading “Y9: 1-3. Introduction to WW1 (Part 2)”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today we are going to start with our first Year 9 History topic: WW1. Follow the instructions step by step: -PART 1- 1. Now that you know what History is, let’s start with your first topic in the Year 9 History course: “World War One”… Here is a very briefContinue reading “Y9: 1-3. Introduction to WW1 (Part 1)”

Year 9A & Year 9B Welcome to Year 9 History! Before we start looking at all the exciting things that this course has to offer we need look at a few organisational issues. So, here is what you have to do today: (Follow the instructions step by step!!) 1. Watch the video to see whichContinue reading “Y9: 1-1. Introduction to Year 9- pre-2024”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to: mark some work consider why WW1 lasted so long. (It started in 1914 and ended in 1918!!) make sure that you know how to submit work on schoology (as an “assignment”) Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Task 3 on p.10-11. 2. World WarContinue reading “Y9: 1-8. Long Lasting War… – pre-2023”

Year 9A & Year 9B So, here is what you have to do today: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Hand in the following books for marking: -1- Workbook 1 -2- History Homework Book 2. Complete the test! (This is a test on The Course of WW1, p.18-19, p.22-25 & p.28-29) 3. Let’s lookContinue reading “Y9: 1-20. Lusitania”

Year 9A & Year 9B You will do an assessment project… 1. For your information… Project: (You will shortly be given an assessment project. This will be one of the choices.) Make a video on “The Horrors of WW1”, using the following poem and song… (You can find the music as an mp-3 file onContinue reading “Y9: 1-25. WW1 Project”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today we are going to finish our topic on WW1. Follow the order in which I give you instructions: 1. First, complete the “mood-o-metre” (on p.2) to show how you feel about the topic on “The First World War” …! (Feel free to also make any other relevant comments aboutContinue reading “Y9: 1-24. Horrors of War – continued”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today we are going to examine why WW1 was considered to be “the war to end all wars”… Follow the order in which I give you instructions: 1. Look at the following film clips of WW1. A special technique was used to make the original footage in colour. WW1 broughtContinue reading “Y9: 1-23. Horrors of WW1”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to learn how WW1 eventually came to an end! Follow the order in which I give you instructions: 1. First, look at your test result (Homework-10) and also see where you have perhaps lost marks: 2. So, how did WW1 come to an end? The videoContinue reading “Y9: 1-22. The End of WW1”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to mark some answers to previous tasks: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. What was the significance of the sinking of the Lusitania? 2. If you watched the film on the Lusitania, complete the film review: Also show how many stars you give this film,Continue reading “Y9: 1-21. Marking & Feedback”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to: write a test on the course of WW1 finish the film about the Lusitania Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Hand in the following books for marking: -1- Workbook 1 -2- History Homework Book 2. Complete the test! (This is a test on TheContinue reading “Y9: 1-20c. Lusitania III”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to watch the second part of the film about the sinking of the Lusitania….. Follow the instructions step by step: 1. (Today’s edition of the film comes in two parts…) Lusitania II-a. (22:03 minutes long) Lusitania II-b. (20:22 minutes long) (We will watch the last partContinue reading “Y9: 1-20b. Lusitania II”

Year 9A & Year 9B So, here is what you have to do today: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Complete the crossword puzzle on p.41. SOLUTION: 2. Mark your crossword puzzle (p.41). 3. We will use the rest of the lesson to start watching the first part of a film about the sinkingContinue reading “Y9: 1-20a. Lusitania I”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to do some tasks on: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Let’s first mark the sources task on the Battle of the Somme: 2. To refresh your memory… Page 28-29. Or, if you prefer… It tells you about “Stalemate at Sea” and “War beneath theContinue reading “Y9: 1-19. WW1 at Sea – Questions”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to mark some work and then examine the “war beneath the waves” in more detail: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. HOMEWORK 7 – Pages 19-20 2. Let’s examine this in more detail! It tells you about the use of U-boats during WW1. (You canContinue reading “Y9: 1-18. U-boats in WW1”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to examine the Battle of Jutland  as an example of Stalemate at Sea… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Let’s examine this in more detail! It tells you about “Stalemate at Sea”. (You can follow the content in your Workbook on p.28.) (1:39 minutes long) 2. TheyContinue reading “Y9: 1-17. The Battle of Jutland”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. HOMEWORK 6 – Pages 16-18 2. Mark the task on p.20 (on How Stalemate developed). 3. Mark the task on p.16-17 (on The Spread of the War). (You need to mark this even though I have marked someContinue reading “Y9: 1-16. Battle of the Somme”

Year 9A & Year 9B So, what is “Poppy Day” all about…? (They may all be very useful when doing your homework task on Poppy Day!!) 1. Armistice Day London: Poppies Honor WWI Soldiers. (2:46 minutes long) 2. The Story Behind John McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields” poem. (1:52 minutes long) 3. In Flanders Fields byContinue reading “Y9: 1-15. Poppy Day…”

Year 9 Today you are going to examine the following in more detail: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. The Allies tried to break the Stalemate on the Western front but unfortunately…they failed! So, let’s first look at the Battle at Gallipoli, 1915. The Gallipoli Campaign (1915). (4:42 minutes long) 2. You do notContinue reading “Y9: 1-14. Attempts to break Stalemate”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to complete the assessment project on Trench Warfare… Click on the booklet to access the assessment task: Put all your books away and complete the assessment project on Trench Warfare. You need to complete the task by the end of this lesson, to be handed in.Continue reading “Y9: 1-13. Assessment Task – continued”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Mark your answers to the questions on the worksheet “Trenches”, (p.21). The video slides below provide the correct answers. 2. HOMEWORK 5 – Pages 12-16 (You would have noticed that question 2 (above) is “teacher assessed”…) 3. Now,Continue reading “Y9: 1-12. Trenches – Assessment Task”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to finish off previous tasks… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. First, look at your test result (Homework-4) and also see where you have perhaps lost marks: 2. Complete the following tasks: p.20 – How stalemate developed on Western Front p.21 – Trenches Questions 3.Continue reading “Y9: 1-11. Trenches – Continued”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to investigate what it was like to fight from trenches… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Trench Warfare in World War 1 – THE GREAT WAR Special. (12:02 minutes long) Life in a Trench. (3:15 minutes long) Trench Warfare – cross section. (3:57 minutes long)Continue reading “Y9: 1-10. Trenches”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Complete the test! (This is a test on p.9-15, Workbook 1.) 2. Here is a reminder of how the war started, in case you are still not sure… How did WW1 begin? (2:27 minutes long) 3. As mentionedContinue reading “Y9: 1-9. Schlieffen Plan & Stalemate”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. HOMEWORK 3 – Pages 10-11 2. World War 1 lasted from 1914 to almost the end of 1918!! Let’s see why the war lasted so long: (1:66 minutes long) 3. 4. Over the next few lessons we willContinue reading “Y9: 1-8. Long Lasting War…”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Mark the questions on “The First World War, 1914-1918” (p.13). 2. Here is a reminder as to how the first few countries became involved in the First World War: Start of WW1. (2:33 minutes long) 3. Watch theContinue reading “Y9: 1-7. Spread of the War”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to learn how the various countries became involved in WW1. Follow the instructions step by step: 1. First watch the following video to revise how the first eight countries became involved in the war. Beginning of WW1. (1:17 minutes long) 2. Can you use this diagramContinue reading “Y9: 1-6. A World War?”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to learn how some countries became involved in WW1. You will also answer some questions, to test your knowledge…. Follow the instructions step by step: 1. HOMEWORK 2 – Pages 6-9 2. Let’s do a little bit of revision. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand triggered theContinue reading “Y9: 1-5. WW1 in Outline”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today we are simply going to look at the events that triggered WW1. Follow the instructions step by step: 1. So, what caused WW1? To refresh your memory, here is a very brief overview… What Caused the First World War? (1:51 minutes long) 2. The Summer of 1914 seemed toContinue reading “Y9: 1-4. What Triggered WW1?”

Year 9A & Year 9B (to be completed over the course of two lessons) Today we are going to start with our first Year 9 History topic: World War One. Follow the instructions step by step: -PART 1- 1. Now that you know what History is, let’s start with your first topic in the YearContinue reading “Y9: 1-3. Introduction to WW1”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today we are going to: 1. Remind ourselves about the best way to work in the History class 2. Look at the benefits of studying History. Follow the instructions step by step: 1. This is “the best way” to work in the History class: 2. So, what exactly is HistoryContinue reading “Y9: 1-2. History – What & Why?”

Year 9A & Year 9B Welcome to Year 9 History! Before we start looking at all the exciting things that this course has to offer we need look at a few organisational issues. So, here is what you have to do today: (Follow the instructions step by step!!) 1. In Year 9 History there areContinue reading “Y9: 1-1. Introduction to Year 9”