51ºÚÁÏ

Students examine how the environment of the Western Front made it difficult to transport sick and injured soldiers away from the frontline. There is a focus on the use of stretcher bearers, horse wagons, motorised ambulances, canal barges and railways.

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

The 22 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:
Slide 1: Title slide - The impact of the Environment of the Western Front on Transporting Sick & Injured soldiers.
Slide 2: Warm Up Question - What methods of transportaion are used today to help treat sick and injured people?
Slide 3-4: Recap Quiz - 8 questions based on the previous lesson about the main battles on the Western Front. Includes answers.
Slide 5: Starter 1 - What are the four most likely causes of death for any injured solider on the front line? Includes answers.
Slide 6: Starter 2 - Students use an image and their own ideas to think of why it would be difficult to transport sick and injured soldiers from the front line. Answers given.
Slide 7-8: Background knowledge about the dangers of the environment of the Western Front and the role of stretcher bearers.
Slide 9: Printable worksheet
Slide 10-11: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the ‘One feature’ question with printable question sheet.
Slide 12-13: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the ‘Follow Up’ question with two practice questions with suggested answers.
Slide 14-15: EXAM FOCUS - An example of the ‘How useful’ question with structure guideline.
Slide 16: Two other useful sources
Slide 17: Challenge questions
Slide 18: Learning Review activity
Slide 19: Lesson Fact Sheet
Slide 20: Helpful Source Usefulness handout (included in all lessons)
Slide 21: Helpful exam skills/types of sources tasks (included in all lessons)
Slide 22: More from RA Resources

All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.

This resource is for personal use only unless a school license is purchased and for copyright reasons should not be copied/amended for commercial use.