First World War - Home Front (Teaching)

1) Contemporary Documents (Photos, sources, videos etc.)
i) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/britain1906to1918/g5/cs2/g5cs2.htm (Recruit and Conscript)
ii) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/britain1906to1918/g5/cs1/g5cs1.htm (Dora in Action)
iii) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/britain1906to1918/g5/cs3/g5cs3.htm (Shortages and Rationing)
iv) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/britain1906to1918/g5/cs4/g5cs4.htm (Workers and
the War)
v) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/britain1906to1918/g6/cs1/g6cs1.htm (Government and Propaganda)
vi) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/britain1906to1918/g6/cs2/g6cs2.htm (Press and the People
vii) http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/homefront.htm


2) Audio Clips (and some other supporting images)
i) Imperial War Museum:
http://www.iwm.org.uk/searchlight/server.php?show=nav.24437 (Contains an audio clip and images relating contentious objectors)
http://www.iwm.org.uk/searchlight/server.php?show=nav.24444 (Contains and audio clip and images relating to recruitment)


3) Interactive Sites:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/hq/hfront1_01.shtml (Article: What is the home front?)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/hq/hfront2_01.shtml (Article: Women)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/hq/hfront4_01.shtml (Article: Work)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/sister/index.shtml (Interactive Site)


4) Teaching Ideas
i) http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/teacher/enquiry7.shtml
ii) Get students to complete a series of questions relating to sources on:

a) Recruitment and Conscription
b) Workers and the War
c) DORA
d) Rationing and Shortages
e) Government and Propaganda
f) People and the Press
(see the 2 posts below for more details)

iii) Get students to write a week long diary of someone living on the home front, covering all the major aspects they have studied.
iv)Get the students to create their own recruitment poster
v) After listening to audio clip and doing further research get student to role play the life of a contentious objectors (reactions of public, trial, prison etc.)
vi) Gets students to complete interactive articles
vii) Using interactive BBC site get students to explore life on the home front in general (aided by a set of questions)