1. Scots on the Home Front Lesson starter:
In your jotters, give three details about the Battle of Loos, 1915.

2. Today we will…
Identify the ways in which peoples’ lives were changed during World War One.
Identify some of the ways in which people’s lives were restricted on the Home front.
Understand why these restrictions were put in place.
Assess how effective these restrictions were and how they affected everyday lives on the Home Front.

3. Success Criteria…
I will be able to describe some of the changes on the Home Front.
I will be able to describe some of the restrictions put in place.
I will be able to identify the reasons why these restrictions were used.
I will be able to justify the importance of various restrictions.

4. The First World War was the first “total war” – the whole nation was mobilised to fight. People in Scotland were affected in six main ways – use the information on the following slides to produce a mind map to show how people on the Home Front were affected during World War One.
Scots on the Home Front
‘Mobilised’ – to get ready for war.

5. 1. Recruitment
Huge poster campaign to get people to join up. In 1916, conscription had to be introduced to get enough soldiers.
Women were recruited into the armed forces to work as cooks, drivers, nurses and telephonists.

6. 2. D.O.R.A (Defence of the Realm Act)
This was passed in August It allowed the government to take over certain industries, such as coal mines, railways and shipping.
David Lloyd George set up state-run ammunition (‘munitions’) factories.
The biggest munitions factory in the world was in Gretna in the Borders, where they made ‘devil’s porridge’.
‘Devil’s porridge’ – cordite ammunition that looked like porridge.

7. There were fewer workers because so many men left to join the army.
3. Reduced workforce
There were fewer workers because so many men left to join the army.
Women often filled the roles needed, such as bus drivers, train drivers and by joining the ‘Women’s Land Army’ to increase food production and support the war effort.

8. 4. Rationing
In 1918, a fixed allowance for sugar, meat, butter, jam and tea was introduced.
British Summer Time was also introduced so there were more daylight hours.

9. Newspapers and soldiers’ letters were censored.
5. Propaganda
Newspapers and soldiers’ letters were censored.
Posters were used to encourage morale among civilians.

10. 6. Civilian Casualties
There were no instances of civilian casualties in Scotland, but there was a fear of attack, after towns on the east coast of England were bombed by zeppelins in 1915.

11. Scots on the Home Front Lesson starter: If this is the answer…
Below are 4 answers to questions you could ask about last lesson, think of the questions:
Q1. ……………………………………………………………………
A: Butter, sugar, tea, jam and meat
Q2. ……………………………………………………………………………..
A: Letters and newspapers
Q3. ……………………………………………………………………………..
A: By joining the Women’s Land Army
Q4. ………………………………………………………………………………
A: August 1914

12. Defence of the Realm Act
D.O.R.A
Defence of the Realm Act
August 1914

13. Task Two – D.O.R.A True or False?
For each of the following restrictions, decide whether you think they were a genuine restriction put in place as a result of D.O.R.A.

14. Forbidden to give bread to horses

15. People must ride a bike at all times

16. Windows had to be blacked out

17. Forbidden to fly kites

18. Women had to wear trousers

19. Forbidden to made toys

20. Forbidden to buy alcoholic drinks for someone else

21. Women had to work in ‘munitions factories

22. Forbidden to write a letter in invisible ink

23. Forbidden to kill bees

24. Men in coal mining had to leave their work

25. Beer was to be ‘watered down’ in pubs

26. Forbidden to take photographs of soldiers

27. Railways were put under military law

28. Women had to put white feathers on men not in uniform

29. Newspapers were censored

30. Forbidden to buy binoculars without permission

31. People had to sing ‘God Save the King’ before dinner

32. Illegal for workers in war industries to strike

33. Forbidden to learn German

34. Forbidden to buy whisky in a train station

35. Forbidden to ring church bells

36. Task three - Memory Task
You have one minute to write down as many of the TRUE laws as you can from memory.

37. How many did you remember?1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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38. Task four - Justification
Pick the three laws which you think would have affected people on the Home Front the most, and explain why, giving reasons for your opinions.

39. Optional task five - Charades
Class split into two teams and one person from each team takes it in turns to act out one of the laws, while the rest of the team guess.

40. Today we will…
Identify the ways in which peoples’ lives were changed during World War One.
Identify some of the ways in which people’s lives were restricted on the Home front.
Understand why these restrictions were put in place.
Assess how effective these restrictions were and how they affected everyday lives on the Home Front.

41. Success Criteria…
I will be able to describe some of the changes on the Home Front.
I will be able to describe some of the restrictions put in place.
I will be able to identify the reasons why these restrictions were used.
I will be able to justify the importance of various restrictions.