1. Battle of the Somme Warm UP: What were the causes of WWI?
S.1; DOK: 1-3; LT: I can justify my answer concerning who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

2. Dead German soldiers at Battle of the Somme
Overview
July 1 – Nov. 18, 1916
One of the costliest battles of WWI
Approximately 1.2 million casualties
420,000 British
200,000 French
500,000 German
S.1; DOK: 1-3; LT: I can justify my answer concerning who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Image Credit: John Warwick Brooke (Photographer). (1916). [German dead in a trench and machine gun post near Guillemont during the Battle of the Somme], Retrieved October 17, 2012, from:
Dead German soldiers at Battle of the Somme 2

3. British gains S.1; DOK: 1-3; LT: I can justify my answer concerning who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Image credit: [Map of the Battle of the Somme]. Retrieved October 30, 2012, from: 3

4. Cause and effect S.1; DOK: 1-3; LT: I can justify my answer concerning who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Attempt by the British to “push through” the German lines
Fought along northwestern part of the Western Front
After months of fighting, and several assaults up and down the front, resulted in small gains in land for England
Greatly weakened German war effort overall 4

5. British gun crew wearing PH-type anti-gas helmets
Causes of high death toll S.1; DOK: 1-3; LT: I can justify my answer concerning who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Massive loss of life due to new military technologies:
machine guns
artillery/mines
hand grenades
gas
airplanes
first use of tanks
Image Credit: John Warwick Brooke (Photographer). (1916). [British Vickers machine gun crew wearing PH-type anti-gas helmets], Retrieved October 17, 2012, from:
British gun crew wearing PH-type anti-gas helmets 5

6. Central Historical Question:
Who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme?
Image credit: John Warwick Brooke (Photographer). (1916). [A British trench near the Albert-Bapaume road at Ovillers-la-Boisselle, July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme], Retrieved October 17, 2012, from:
A British trench July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme

7. Doin’ History S.1; DOK: 1-3; LT: I can justify my answer concerning who won the first day of the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Investigate what happened on the first day of the battle, July 1, 1916, by reading 3 historical accounts of the day:
*a British newspaper article written by a journalist who was there
*the memoir of a British soldier who fought in the battle
*the memoir of a German soldier who fought in the battle 7

8. Doin’ History S.1; DOK: 1-3; LT: I can justify my answer concerning who won the first day of the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Document A: read and answer guiding questions
*share out and discuss
Documents B and C: read and answer questions, share out and discuss
FINAL CLAIM
Use evidence from the three documents to address the question: Who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme? 8

9. Doin’ History S.1; DOK: 1-3; LT: I can justify my answer concerning who won the first day of the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Why are documents B and C so different from A?
Which of these documents is most trustworthy? Why? 9

10. Who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme?
Exit: S.1; DOK: 1-3; LT: I can justify my answer concerning who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme?
Day One Casualties:
57,470 British
8, German
7, French
Which documents does this data corroborate with?
Who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme? 10