1. World War 1 Trenches
Listen to the clip – how would you feel in this situation? How would you cope? Record your answers on the post it note

2. ‘I’m going to bomb ’em all and then b****r off’
What a lip reader could see they were saying… The soldiers in these photographs are all long dead – some meeting their fate only minutes after the pictures were taken. The stills are taken from a silent movie shot at the bloody Battle of the Somme in 1916, which on its opening day, July 1, alone claimed the lives of 20,000 British and Empire troops.
‘I’m going to bomb ’em all and then b****r off’
‘Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus’, says a soldier with a wounded foot, far right.
Another soldier implores: ‘Stop filming, this is awful’

3. Group Challenge – 15 mins LO:
Research trench life in a group. Produce a caption sheet as a group which uses source material
Prepare an overview of life in the trenches which is supported with VALID evidence.
STRETCH – “go deeper” Use the research books in the room to become an expert on the trenches – you could produce a quiz or a challenge within your project
Use the literacy sheets to help you, work as a team, share the work and make sure that everyone is on task – SHINE!!!!

4. Personal Experiences – Watch the videos and record your thoughts on your own sheet
What was this experience like?
How would you cope?
(S) What more do you want to know?
How will you find out?

5. Homework – due next lesson
Write a letter to your family from the Trenches.
STRETCH – underline the parts of your letter that you expect would be censored. Why?

6.
- 4 min
- 5 and half

7. Plenary – 3-3-1 What is your impression of life in the trenches?
Write 3 sentences to describe life in the trenches
Write the 3 most important words to describe trenches
What is the 1 most important word to describe what you learnt this lesson?