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Activity1:

To discuss trench warfare as a characteristic of the first world war

[lo 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 3.3, 3.5]

READING 2

When the war broke out, Germany was forced to fight on two fronts: in the East against the Russians and in the West against the allied forces of Britain and France. Germany had planned to crush the Western resistance swiftly and then to go to the aid of the weakened Austro-Hungarian forces, fighting on the Eastern front against the Russians.

However, on its route to the capital of France, Paris, the German advance was halted at the Marne river. There it was engaged in a trench war* that lasted all of four years.

Assignment:

Differentiate between source a and source b

[lo 1.1, 1.2, 3.3, 3.5]

SOURCE A Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English edited by A S Hornby

  • Complete:

Source Ais a ______________________ type of source. My motivation for

my answer is _________________________________________________

I think Source ________is more useful to the historian doing research, because

_________________________________________________________________/5/

Assignment:

Study source b and think about the information received

[lo 1.3]

SOURCE B: ILLUSTRATED FACTOPEDIA, Dorling Kindersley Limited, London. 1955

1914 – 1916: For the first time air planes were used as weapons in a war. A great improvement was made in speed, range and power

FAMOUS WARPLANES

FOKKER TRI PLANE This plane was the most famous plane used by the legendary German ace pilot, Manfred von Richthofen (1892 - 1918) – the “Red Baron”

SOURCE B is a good example of the amount information that can be communicated by means of a picture and by a verbal description.

Assignment: collage or poster

  • This is your chance to make a beautiful, creative collage OR an orderly and colourful poster with pictures and words for your portfolio.
  • This is your chance to make a beautiful, creative collage OR an orderly but colourful poster with pictures and words for your portfolio. Ask your teacher about the format of your work: if it has to go into a file, then please use the next A4 page, page 15. If the work will be displayed on the classroom walls, another format should be used. First decide on the message that you want to deliver, like Stop War, Make peace, Colonization, Women in War, etc.
  • Do not damage books!! A colourful copy, gets more marks. Select the pictures that you are going to use.
  • Remember that a successful collage needs different textures in pasting. Use letters of different sizes and typefaces. Name your sources again (use the correct method) on the back of the collage.ame:____________________________

Grade:____________________________

Date: _____________________________

[LO 1.4, 1.5]

Assessment

Learning outcomes (LOs)

LO 1

Historical Enquiry

The learner will be able to use enquiry skills to investigate the past and present

Assessment standards(ASs)

We know this when the learner:

1.1 continues to identify and select a variety of historical and archaeological sources relevant to an inquiry [finds sources];

1.2 evaluates the sources used (e.g. “Who created the source?”, “Is it reliable?”, “How useful is the information?”) [works with sources];

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Source:  OpenStax, History grade 8. OpenStax CNX. Sep 12, 2009 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11044/1.1
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