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UPDATED FOR 2025/6 EXAM QUESTIONS & SPECIFICATION - Students examine the location of the Western Front and learn about the system of trenches.

The 21 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, printable resources and all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Warm Up - Image based discussion about the conditions on the Western Front
• Slide 3: Long Term Recap - Students to draw what they can remember a trench diagram to look like.
• Slide 4: Background information and diagram of a First World War trench
• Slide 5: Background information and diagram of the trench system on the Western Front.
• Slide 6-7: Task 1 - Trench diagram instructions with printable resource
• Slide 8-11: Background information and maps to outline the formation of the trench system and the location of the Western Front.
• Slide 12: Task 2 - A source inference activity for students to discuss what health or medical problems are likely to occur in the trenches.
• Slide 13: Task 3 - EXAM FOCUS - A source usefulness discussion about an artists impression of the Western Front.
• Slide 14: Task 4 - Printable worksheet
• Slide 15-16: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the ‘One feature’ question with printable answer sheet
• Slide 17: Challenge questions
• Slide 18: Learning Review - Gap fill
• Slide 19: Lesson Fact Sheet
• Slide 20: A really useful ‘usefulness’ sheet!

This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations.

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