1. Christmas 1914

2. Learning Objective
What was the Christmas Truce of 1914, who was involved and why was it significant?

3. Starter
Using the sheet on the Christmas Truce match the statements on the left with the reasons on the right.
Think about the what you saw in the Film Joyeux Noel – how does this compare to the information on your sheet?

4. 1914
Task: In pairs you are going to prepare a radio report from the Front line at Messines on Christmas Day in 1914.
You may want to include;
what took place,
who was involved,
why you think it happened
What was the reaction to the truce from the senior officers?