Year 5 Summer 2 Topic

World War I

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Read...
Look out for these books in your classroom, the Imagination Room or at Brierfield Library!  

Key vocabulary...

Allies
Armistice
artillery
assassination
Central Powers
conscription
defences
Home Front
trenches
Western Front​

Fascinating facts...

  • World War 1 began on July 28th, 1914.  The conflict lasted four years, three months and 14 days, ending on November 11, 1918.

  • The war began because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.

  • There were two sides in the war. The Triple Ententes (also known as The Allies) were Britain, France, Ireland and Russia. The Central Powers were Germany and Austria-Hungary.

  • The tank was a major invention in the war, and from 1917 onwards, it was used in almost all British and French operations.

  • The Western Front stretched from the North Sea to the Swiss border and was made up of a continuous line of trenches.

  • Hundreds of thousands of women worked in munitions (weapons) factories, performing dangerous tasks such as filling shells with explosives.

Explore...

Click on the picture to go to the DK Find Out! website to find out more about World War 1 and even challenge yourself with a quiz.
BBC Bitesize has loads of videos, games and quizzes about World War I.
BBC School Radio has a whole audio book version of War Horse to listen to.
*An adult may need to sign into the BBC website for you to access all of this content.

Visit...

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Imperial War Museum North - Salford Quays, Manchester

Do...

  • World War I led to the deaths of millions of soldiers, who are remembered every year on Remembrance Day, when people wear poppies.  Why not write a poem of remembrance, or create some poppy art.​

In school...

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Class Novel - Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo