Duration : 1 hour
History
Competence 5
- Avoir des connaissances et des repères :
- Space : localisation of the major battle of WWI (Somme, Verdun, Ypres)
- Time: duration of the war - major battles
- Idea: WWI is synonymous of a terrible blood shed of the European masculine population and of terrible injuries
- Lire et pratiquer différents langages :
- Jeu de plateau historique
- Compétence lexicale
- War
- Faire preuve de sensibilité, d’esprit critique, de curiosité
- Etre capable de porter un regard critique sur un document
- Manifester sa curiosité pour les activités culturelles
Anglais
Lire et comprendre
- Je sais identifier des informations précises dans un texte authentique (B1)
Ecrire
- Je peux écrire un texte simple sur un sujet historique (B1)
Réagir et dialoguer
- Exprimer mon opinion, mes sentiments (B1)
- Echanger des informations (B1)
The activity
Preparation
- Several teams of 6 students maximum
- Material
- Most of the material is provided in the Folens Secondary History Specials dedicated to World War 1 writen by Sue Merritt.
- Board game - character cards - war diary - game spinners
- http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/education/secondary/history/9781850082118.do
- I have just added a real war memorial. In the book, the author proposes one. But I prefered using a real monument.
Set up
- Step one : presenting one's character - discovering British society in 1914
- Step two: reading the rules
- Step three: playing the game two times
- It is important to play it twice as due to its realism, the game is over very quickly.
- Step four: exchanging about the experience
- Step five (home): writting about the experience
Pupils' experience (to come)
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