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Year 8: Half-Term 2 – WWI

Homework set - week beginning

Homework due - week beginning

Task

1 – 30/10/2017 1 – 06/11/2017 Spelling Test2 – 06/11/2017 2 – 13/11/2017 Quiz Revision3 – 13/11/2017 3 – 20/11/2017 Fact Find4 – 20/11/2017 4 – 27/11/2017 Homework Menu5 – 27/11/2017 5 – 04/12/2017 Spelling Test6 – 04/12/2017 6 – 11/12/2017 Quiz Revision7 – 11/12/2017 7 – 18/12/2017 Fact Find8 – 18/12/2017 8 – 08/01/2018 Homework Menu

Week 1: Spelling Test

Use the ‘Look, Cover, Say, Write, Check’ method to learn these spellings ready for a spellings test next lesson. There will be bonus positive points if you are able to remember what each word means – you do not need to remember each word by word, you may summarise*.

1. Alliance – an agreement signed between two or more countries to help each other if needed. Once they join these countries become known as allies.

2. Arms-Race – a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons.

3. Assassination – the action of assassinating (murdering) someone.

4. Conscientious Objector – a person who for reasons of conscience objects to serving in the armed forces.

5. Conscription – compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.

6. Empire – an extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch, an oligarchy, or a sovereign state.

7. Imperialism – a policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means.

8. Propaganda – information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.

9. Trench – a long, narrow ditch dug by troops to provide a place of shelter from enemy fire.

10. Triple Entente – an alliance formed in 1907 between Russia, France and Great Britain as a result of increasing negative relations with Germany and later the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy).

*Summarise – Break down an idea into its main points and put into your own words.Week 2: Quiz Revision – Outbreak of WWI

– read the questions and learn the answers.

1. What year was the Franco-Prussian war? 1870-71

2. Which two countries showed interest in the crumbling power of the Ottoman Empire? Russia and Austria-Hungary

3. What year was the Triple Alliance signed? 1882

4. Which countries make up the Triple Alliance? Germany, Austria-Hungary & Italy

5. What was the other alliance system called? The Triple Entente

6. In what year was this agreement signed? 1907

7. Which countries made up this alliance? Great Britain, France & Russia

8. What does the term arms-race mean? Two or more countries in competition to build the largest/most advanced military in order to

become the dominant country

9. What ambitions did Germany have that would make it more like Great Britain? Imperialistic - Germany wanted to have an Empire

10. What event occurred in Sarajevo that is the seen as the trigger to WWI?

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand & his wife Sophie

Week 3: Fact Find

You will find on the Homework Hub a separate sheet for you to print and fill in (20 Questions – Norman Conquest). Remember, you can print in any of the school computer rooms and the school library. You must read each of the questions and fill in the answer – you may use any research tool at your disposal e.g. the internet, books, asking a friend or family member. You will need to bring the completed sheet to lesson ready to peer-mark. Please look below for the outcome of your scores:

Score Outcome20 marks +10 on PARs & a raffle ticket10 - 19 marks +5 on PARs6 – 9 marks Incomplete Homework on PARs5 or below No Homework on PARs & -5

Week 4: Homework Menu

Week 5: Spelling Test

Use the ‘Look, Cover, Say, Write, Check’ method to learn these spellings ready for a spellings test next lesson. There will be bonus positive points if you are able to remember what each word means – you do not need to remember each word by word, you may summarise*.

1. Archduke – a chief duke, in particular (formerly) the son of the Emperor of Austria.

2. Armistice – an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.

3. Austro-Hungarian – a monarchy (1867–1918) in central Europe that included the empire of Austria, the kingdom of Hungary, and various crown lands.

4. Conscription – compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.

5. Military – the armed forces of a country.

6. Schlieffen Plan – the operational plan for a designated attack on France once Russia, in response to international tension, had started to mobilise her forces near the German border. The execution of the Schlieffen Plan led to Britain declaring war on Germany on August 4th, 1914.

7. Treaty – a formally concluded and ratified agreement between states.

8. Truce – an agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting or arguing for a certain time.

9. Warfare – engagement in or the activities involved in war or conflict.

10. Western Front – the zone of fighting in western Europe in the First World War, in which the German army engaged the armies to its west, i.e. France, the UK (and its dominions), and, from 1917, the US. For most of the war the front line stretched from the Vosges Mountains in eastern France through Amiens to Ostend in Belgium.

*Summarise – Break down an idea into its main points and put into your own words.Week 6: Quiz Revision – Events throughout WWI

– read the questions and learn the answers.

1. Who was Alfred von Schlieffen? A German Field-Marshall and Strategist responsible for the Schlieffen Plan

2. What did the Schlieffen Plan aim to achieve? A quick victory against France by taking them by surprise as they would attack through

Belgium not the Alsace-Lorraine border

3. Why did the Schlieffen Plan fail? (give one reason) Belgium and the British Expeditionary Force resisted Germany giving France & Britain

enough time to mobilise. Also Russia mobilised its troops much quicker than expected

4. What type of warfare did the Schlieffen Plan actually lead to? Trench Warfare

5. Why did soldiers dig themselves into trenches? To protect themselves from enemy fire

6. Through where did the main western trenches run? From Belgium through France to the border of Switzerland

7. In the Battle of the Somme, how many British troops were killed or wounded? 420,000, along with 195,000 French troops and 400,000 German troops

8. What happened in April 1917? The USA joined the war on the side of Britain

9. What happened in March 1918? Russia and Germany made peace

10. What event ended the First World War? The signing of the armistice agreement

Week 7: Fact Find

You will find on the Homework Hub a separate sheet for you to print and fill in (20 Questions – Norman Conquest). Remember, you can print in any of the school computer rooms and the school library. You must read each of the questions and fill in the answer – you may use any research tool at your disposal e.g. the internet, books, asking a friend or family member. You will need to bring the completed sheet to lesson ready to peer-mark. Please look below for the outcome of your scores:

Score Outcome20 marks +10 on PARs & a raffle ticket10 - 19 marks +5 on PARs6 – 9 marks Incomplete Homework on PARs5 or below No Homework on PARs & -5

Week 8: Homework Menu