Students examine the treatment of Conscientious Objectors during World War One and World War Two.
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The 18 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:
- Slide 1: Title slide
- Slide 2: Warm Up - Would you join the army if conscription was introduced today?
- Slide 3-4: Background information covering who conscientious objectors were and how they were treated.
- Slide 5: The types of conscientious objectors and the reasons why they refused to join the war.
- Slide 6: Background information about punishments such as Dartomoor Prison
- Slide 7: Background information about how attitudes to conscientious objectors changed by World War Two
- Slide 8-9:Task 1 - Worksheet outline and printable resource.
- Slide 10: Task 2 - Source analysis of a press cartoon criticising conscientious objectors
- Slide 11: Task 3 - A revision card activity with example layout given
- Slide 12: Challenge questions
- Slide 13-14: Learning Review Quiz - 8 questions with answers revealed
- Slide 15-16: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the 4 mark ‘similarity’ question with suggested sentence starters and the 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question.
- Slide 17: Lesson fact sheet
- Slide 18: More from RA Resources
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