Yr 9 WW1 DIARY Mark scheme

Level / What you have to include
4
(2) /
  • Description of kitting up and training (words/diagrams).
  • Description of the sea-crossing to France and trench conditions (words/diagrams).
  • Description of an over the top attack and behind the lines treatment (words/diagrams).
  • Explanation of 4 key words.
  • Attempt at censorship.

5
(3) /
  • Explanation of kitting up and training (words/diagrams).
  • Explanation of the sea-crossing to France and trench conditions (words/diagrams).
  • Explanation of an over the top attack and behind the lines. treatment (words/diagrams).
  • Appropriate use and explanation of 5 key words.
  • Censorship.
  • Poem about the Great war.

6
(4-5) /
  • Detailed explanation of kitting up and training (words/diagrams).
  • Detailed explanation of the sea-crossing to France.
  • Detailed explanation and some analysis of trench conditions (words/diagrams).
  • Detailed explanation and some analysis of an over the top attack and behind the lines treatment (words/diagrams).
  • Appropriate use and explanation of 6 key words.
  • Accurate use of censorship.
  • Poem expressing your experience fighting in the Great War.

7- 8
(5-8) /
  • Very detailed explanation and analysis of Kitting up training (words/diagrams).
  • Very detailed explanation and analysis of the sea-crossing to France and trench conditions (words/diagrams).
  • Very detailed explanation and some analysis of an over the top attack and behind the lines treatment (words/diagrams).
  • Accurate use of censorship.
  • Analysis of how the war has developed.
  • Disillusionment – Why this has happened to you? What are your views on the war now? What has changed?
  • Additional evidence from your own research.

CPG: TG:

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Y9 assessment: What was the Western Front like?

TASK: Write diary entries or letters as if you were a Great War soldier.

* Homework each week is to research each diary entry and complete the one started in class.

Lesson 1: Oct 1914 – Enlisting and kitting out. P.11&12

  • Why did you enlist (volunteer) for the war?
  • Description of your training - Are you excited? Why?
  • Nationalities involved – Who did you meet?
  • Labelled drawing of a soldier and his kit

Key words: Pals Regiment, king and country

Lesson 2: Nov 1914 – crossing to France and first experiences, P.11&12

  • Sea crossing to France
  • What are your first experiences?
  • Labelled cross-section of a trench

Key words: English Channel, Duck boards, sandbags, parapet, fire-step,

Lesson 3: Dec 1914 (Christmas in the trenches) – No compulsory diary entry

Lessons 4 & 5: Feb 1915 Conditions in the trenches, P.16-19

  • Description of jobs/duties
  • Friendships, boredom
  • Food, lice, weather, trench foot

Key words: Barbed wire, Machine guns Gas Shells Zigzagging Trenches, No Man's Land

Lesson 6: 1st July – 18th Nov 1916 - The Battle of the Somme

  • Description of an over the top attack which you survive but are injured
  • Description of being treated behind the lines

Key words: Attrition, bombardment, 7 miles, 60,000, artillery, dressing stations

Lesson 7: 6th April 1917 – Americans join the war

  • Why do the American’s join
  • Have the American’s helped?
  • What do you now think about the war?

Key words: Disillusion, new weapons, tank

Lesson 8: WW1 Poetry

Write your own poem about the Great War

Lesson 9: Censorship

The authorities read everything and censor (get rid of) everything negative or bad about the war. Censor your own diary by underlining everything negative you have written.