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First war to be fought on 3 continents. First industrialised conflict. First use of chlorine & mustard gas. First use of the flame thrower. First tank battle. First use of mass airplanes. First use of x-ray in the military. First use of a blood bank. First use of guide dogs by blinded soldiers. First four-star general, General John J. Pershing First use of trillion in estimating war costs. First commissioning of war art for propaganda. First use of the IQ Test given to Doughboys of 1917. First U.S. president to visit a European country while in office was Woodrow Wilson on 12/04/18. 1 TEACHER RESOURCE PACK THE FRIGHTFUL FIRST WORLD WAR BY TERRY DEARY ADAPTED BY MARK WILLIAMS DIRECTED BY PHIL CLARK

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First war to be fought on 3 continents.

First industrialised conflict.

First use of chlorine & mustard gas.

First use of the flame thrower.

First tank battle.

First use of mass airplanes.

First use of x-ray in the military.

First use of a blood bank.

First use of guide dogs by blinded soldiers.

First four-star general, General John J. Pershing First use of trillion in estimating war

costs.

First commissioning of war art for propaganda.

First use of the IQ Test given to Doughboys of 1917.

First U.S. president to visit a European country while in office was Woodrow Wilson on

12/04/18.

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TEACHER RESOURCE PACK

THE FRIGHTFUL FIRST WORLD WAR

BY TERRY DEARY

ADAPTED BY MARK WILLIAMS

DIRECTED BY PHIL CLARK

C O N T E N T S

PA G E

2 CONTENTS, PLAY SYNOPSIS AND QUICK SCRIPT QUIZ3 SCRIPT EXTRACTS AND ACTIVITIES4 SCRIPT EXTRACTS11 SCRIPT / PLAY COMPARISON “OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR”12 CARTOONS FRIGHTFUL WORLD WAR ONE STYLE!13 DIFFERENT CARTOON FACIAL EXPRESSIONS14 WAR SLANG RESOURCE15 DORA – DEFENCE OF THE REALM ACT 16 DORA RULE LIST17 THE TREATMENT OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR18 FIRST WORLD WAR NURSE IS A HEROINE! AND LITERACY NEWSPAPER ACTIVITY19 FIRST WORLD WAR NURSING RESOURCE20 CRAIGLOCKHART HOSPITAL AND THE WAR POETS22 WARTIME CONVERSATION RESOURCE23 FRIGHTFUL FIRST WORLD WAR WORDSEARCH24 PROPAGANDA RESOURCE25 STORY SHEET RESOURCE26 ANIMALS IN WAR RESOURCE27 LYRICS SHEET28 LYRICS RESOURCE SHEET

PLAY SYNOPSIS

The play starts in the present day with a girl called Angelica, who has to do a history essay

about the First World War. Her mother makes her go to her room to complete it. As

Angelina starts her research, her computer explodes and she finds herself back in 1914,

where she meets a young soldier called Paul. With Paul she experiences the war at first

hand, including what started it.

QUICK SCRIPT QUIZ

1. What was the name of the Duke whose shooting triggered the First World War?

2. What countries were the Central Powers?3. What countries were the Allies?4. What was the name of the pigeon that saved three hundred and eight four

men?5. What did the pigeon carry?6. What is the name of the girl who fnds herself back in the time of World War

One?7. What is the name of the news reporter who interviews Cher Ami?8. What is the name of the place Cher Ami fies from?9. What year did the First World War start?10.What year did the First World War end?

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SCRIPT EXTRACTS AND ACTIVITIES

The following three extracts from the play bring diferent aspects of the past to life. They can be used to promote discussion around a variety of issues and topics.

Ask your students to read through the diferent scenes in groups and then present one to the rest of the class.

Extracts 1 and 2 take place when Angelica is discovering what triggered the start of the First World War. This scene can prompt discussions and exploration in:

• the build up to the First World War and subsequent chain of events

• the shooting of Archduke Franz Ferdinand• the struggle of the Central Powers and the Alliances• war slogans, phrases, songs and the meaning

behind them

Extract 3 is set around a fctitous news interview with a First World War hero, Cher Ami, a homing pigeon. Issues that can be discussed and explored are:

• reasons for use of animals during war• stories from the front line• trench life and warfare• the use of aircraft and bombs• wartime strategies• letter writing and codes• the chain of command within the armed forces

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EXTRACT 1: Scene 4. Who Shot Franz Ferdinand? (1914).

(Britain and Germany stay frozen over the fallen Franz).

ANGELICA There’s been a murder!

Music: Dum-dum-daaaah! (Angelica puts on a Deerstalker and takes out a magnifying glass.)

ANGELICA This looks like a case for Angelica Taylor, Private Investigator.

Music: Private Eye Hollywood style.

ANGELICA Who shot Franz Ferdinand? That’s the question. No, hang on a minute, that’s not the question. Who the flippin heck is Franz Ferdinand?! That’s the question!

(Franz sits up.)

FRANZ I am the heir to the Empire of Austria-Hungary.

ANGELICA Thanks. You’re also dead, so bog off and let me think.

FRANZ Humph.

(He walks off stage, grumbling)

ANGELICA So… Austria-Hungary. That would make old Franzy boy part of Germany’s Central Powers Gang.

Screen: CENTRAL POWERS logo again. List of the Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey.

ANGELICA The clues are starting to come together. And that makes my first suspect… you, Britain!

(She plucks up Britain by the ear, pulls him to his feet.)

BRITAIN Ow, ow, ow! I never done nothing!

GERMANY That’s what they all say!

BRITAIN I was miles away, and I can prove it! This here Franz Ferdinand, he was shot in a place called Sarajevo, the capital city of… Bosnia!

GERMANY Bosnia? They’re just as bad! I’ve seen Bosnia hanging around with Serbia, from your Allies Gang, chatting and laughing and plotting things!

Screen: ALLIES logo. List of the Allies – Britain, France, Belgium, Russia, Serbia, Italy,

Romania, Portugal, Greece5

ANGELICA Quiet, Germany! I’m in charge of this investigation.

(Actor playing Britain takes off the ‘BRITAIN’ cap, and puts on a ‘BOSNIA’ cap. Bosnia is a weedy little kid out of his depth.)

ANGELICA Bosnia. The finger’s pointing at you.

BOSNIA Who, me?

ALL Yes, you!

BOSNIA It w-wasn’t me, honest, miss! I don’t know nothing about no Franz Ferdinand!

GERMANY He’s lying!

ANGELICA Are you lying to me, Bosnia?

BOSNIA No!

GERMANY Yes he is, look at his lip wobbling!

ANGELICA Come on. Spill it.

BOSNIA No, I can’t.

ANGELICA Was it one of your friends in the Allies Gang? Is that who pulled the trigger?

BOSNIA I’ll get in trouble…

ANGELICA You’re already in trouble, kid, a whole heap of trouble! Make it easy on yourself, and tell us: who shot Franz Ferdinand?!

BOSNIA (Crying) It was Serbia! Serbia did it! Serbia-aaaaa-waaaaha-haaah!

GERMANY I knew it was one of Britain’s precious Allies gang, I just knew it!

(Germany gets up and starts doing warm-up exercises, cracking his knuckles, etc, gearing up for a fight. Bosnia sniffs and bawls, choking through the words.)

BOSNIA I – I – I was being bullied!

ANGELICA (comforts him) There, there, Bosnia, there, there.

BOSNIA It was all Austria-Hungary’s fault, he, he, he’s been picking on me! Trying to get me to join the Central Powers Gang! But I didn’t want to! I wanted my freedom, so I told my friend Serbia!

(SERBIA comes on stage – an ALLIES T-shirt and a SERBIA cap.)6

SERBIA That’s right, it was me, Serbia! I killed Franz Ferdinand! And what’s more, I’d do it again! Bwah-ha-ha-ha-haaaah!

ANGELICA Well, that’s that mystery solved, then. Now that we’ve got to the bottom of it all, we can all shake hands and go home, right?

(Germany is shadow boxing.)

ANGELICA …right, Germany?

GERMANY Not on your nelly! Nobody hurts one of my Central Powers Gang mates and gets away with it!

EXTRACT 2: Scene 5. World War Wrestling (1914).

Sound: Boxing match ‘Ding ding!’ (Crowd cheering in back ground)

Screen: Boxing ring. Logo: W.F.F.!

(Angelica has a microphone – she’s part commentator, part referee. The different countries all wear the relevant Gang logo and a cap with their name on.)

ANGELICA Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to the World Fighting Federation, 1914 Grudge Match! It’s Germany in the ring, for the Central Powers gang, against Serbia from the Allies!

GERMANY On behalf of my good friend Austria-Hungary – take that!(Germany socks Serbia, knocks them to the floor.)

ANGELICA Pow! It’s a Serbia smack-down!

(Serbia stumbles out of the ring. On their way they ‘tag’ RUSSIA.)

ANGELICA Russia are stepping in now, to help out Serbia! Go Allies!

(Russia takes a running jump and ‘body slams’ Germany to the floor. But Germany gets Russia in a headlock.)

ANGELICA Germany have Russia in a head-lock dead-lock!

(Germany lets Russia go, and Russia jumps out of the ring, tags FRANCE.)

ANGELICA France are involved now! And they won’t stand for that sort of treatment to their pal Russia, oh no!

(France and Germany grapple. Germany throws France out of the ring.)

ANGELICA It looks like nothing can stop Germany! Look at him go!

(Germany bounds around the ring, triumphant. BELGIUM approaches the ring. Cautiously,

just having a look.)7

ANGELICA Belgium have come to have a look, but they’re staying neutral –

(An over-excited Germany lunges out of the ring and grabs Belgium)

ANGELICA Oh my goodness, Germany’s gone for neutral Belgium! Time out, time out!!

(She tries to break them up, but too late – Germany’s wrestling Belgium hard. Britain steps in, furious.)

BRITAIN That’s it, Germany! Poor Belgium never hurt a fly! You’ve gone too far this time! Your act of unprovoked aggression can mean only one thing!

GERMANY Oh yeah? What’s that?

BRITAIN I have no choice!…

BELGIUM Go on…

BRITAIN But to declare the start of!…

GERMANY Say it!

ALL The Frightful First World War!

EXTRACT 3: Scene 11. Animal News: Cher Ami (1918).

Screen: Animal News logo. Music: News style jingle.

(Actors to portray the animals with simple head-gear)

VOICE OVER Animal News. Front-line reports from the animals of World War One. The news is read by Polly Pigeon

POLLY Good evening. This is the news. It’s a glorious day for Animals in World War One, and all thanks to a fellow pigeon.

POLLY Cher Ami, a black cock pigeon from America, has returned home from Eastern France to a hero’s welcome. We can now go live to our US Correspondent, Belinda Beak, for an exclusive interview with the bird himself. Hello, Belinda?

(Lights up on CHER AMI and BELINDA BEAK. In the middle of a victory parade. Cher Ami has an eye patch on, and his leg bandaged / in plaster. He’s a cool, confident American. Belinda has the reporter’s mic. She’s frightfully British, and a bit star-struck).

BELINDA Thanks, Polly. I have to ask you, Mr Ami –

CHER AMI Hey sweet cheeks, call me Cher.

BELINDA Er, OK then [giggles] Cher –8

CHER AMI Wassup.

BELINDA What was it like out there, as a pigeon behind enemy lines?

CHER AMI Well wasn’t exactly a picnic in Central Park, you know what I’m saying? You gotta picture the scene.

(He starts to act out the scene. Belinda is rapt).

CHER AMI The Argonne Forest, Eastern France. I’m with the brigade of Major Charles Whittlesey.

(The MAJOR enters).

MAJOR We’re surrounded by enemy forces. A lot of good men are dead and wounded. We’re exhausted. We’re starving –

CHER AMI I mean, I’m down to my last handful of seed, baby. Then, just as we feel like we can’t take any more –

Sound: Whistling of shells falling and exploding.

CHER AMI Ka-boom!

BELINDA [jumps] Gracious me!

CHER AMI We’re under attack! Only, here’s the thing, babe – these are American shells.

BELINDA No!

MAJOR Our own side were firing at us, by mistake!

BELINDA Bless my beak!

CHER AMI So, the shells are falling, the machine guns are blazing

Sound: Burst of machine gun fire.

CHER AMI And we’re as dead as dodos. I’m thinking: this is it, Cher Ami old pal.

CHER AMI It’s time for you to hop the twig. You’re gonna shuffle off to that great pigeon loft in the sky.

BELINDA Oh no…

CHER AMI Unless!

CHER AMI There’s one hope left. The Major, he scribbles a note:

(Lights up on MAJOR, writing a note).9

MAJOR “Our own forces are dropping shells on us! For heaven’s sake, stop it!”

CHER AMI …or words to that effect.

)The Major rolls up the note. He picks up Cher Ami’s leg and ties on the note, during the following):

CHER AMI The Major takes me out of my basket. He clips the message to my leg, and sets me free.

BELINDA (brimming with adoration] And you flew back to deliver the message and saved the day like the brave, fearless, devastatingly handsome bird you are!

CHER AMI Darn right

MAJOR Now just a cotton-pickin’ minute, ma’am! That ain’t exactly the whole truth, is it, Cher Ami?

CHER AMI Whatchew talkin’ about, Major?

MAJOR As soon as I released him, this bird brain here flew up into the nearest tree!

CHER AMI I was getting my bearings

MAJOR You were preening yourself! We had to shake the tree to get you to budge!

CHER AMI Hey – if I’m flying to my certain death, I want to look my best, brother. Now button your beak, I’m talkin’ here. So up I go, off into the wild blue yonder,

Screen: Blue sky

CHER AMI And straight away those Germans try to bring me down!

GERMAN We shall clip your wings and singe your tail feathers, yankee doodle pidgey!

CHER AMI They turn the full fire power of their forces on me.

Sound: Lots of machine fire, bombs, etc.

CHER AMI One shot took off my leg, passed though my chest and took out my eye –

Sound: Bullet ricochet (Cher Ami mimes being hit)

CHER AMI Lady, I was one peppered pigeon. Straightaway, I lost height –

Sound: Plane nose-dive10

BELINDA [gasps] Please, God, no!

(Cher Ami swoops across stage, pulling out of his nose dive).

CHER AMI But at the last moment I recovered, and delivered the message. And the brigade was saved.

(Belinda throws herself on Cher Ami and kisses him).

CHER AMI [pointedly, to Major] I said, the brigade was saved.

MAJOR Oh, alright. Without that bird, we’d have been wiped out, that’s for certain. The 384 men who survived owe their lives to Cher Ami’s courage.

BELINDA (recovers her composure). Thank you, Cher Ami. You’ve won the hearts of all true Americans. And not just Americans, actually. This is Belinda Beak, for Animal News.

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SCRIPT / PLAY COMPARISON

OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop.

Joan Littlewood was an energetic, inspirational director, who aimed at producing theatre with a punch. Rejecting the values of the West End and believing in theatre as a collaborative art, she set about finding new writing talent and founded the Theatre Workshop.

Her last play for Theatre Workshop, was “Oh What a Lovely War!” It tells the story of World War One, in the style of a pierrot show on Brighton pier. It uses songs the soldiers sang in the trenches and sketches to show the horrific and stupid waste of lives in the First World War.

Some of the same songs are used in the play “The Frightful First World War”.Both plays have action that is clearly focused. An extract follows showing the very clever effect that can be created by sudden changes of focus. This episode, a parody of a frontline church service, sets the scene for the slaughters of the Battle of Arras. Like the “Frightful First World War”, it uses comedy to highlight the horror.

The songs used within the extract are: FORWARD JOE SOAP'S ARMY (sung to the tune of “Onward Christian Soldiers”) and WHEN THIS LOUSY WAR IS OVER (sung to the tune of “What a friend we have in Jesus”, lyrics can be found on page 27).

During the scene when the two versions of the songs are being sung, the focus is deliberately split and confused. When the soldiers exit, the focus becomes clear and switches between the three kneeling figures. The sudden jumps from the pious chaplain, to the arrogant Haig, to the sincere nurse, very effectively highlight the contrasts of the war.

Oh What a Lovely WarDRAMA ACTIVITY

With a copy of the script of “Oh What a Lovely War”, try the above mentioned scene as a whole class. Set it up as if in a church, with the soldiers standing smartly (although somemay be wounded). The chaplain, the nurse and Haig (British Commander-in-Chief) should be well apart from each other. Some of you will probably know the tunes of the songs. Try to get hold of the original words and music. The key characters should be singing the correct words, while the soldiers are singing their own versions. The better the songs are sung, the more powerful the scene will be. Play it very straight and let the humour do its own work.

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CARTOONS FRIGHTFUL WORLD WAR ONE STYLE!

Here you can explore ways of generating your own cartoon images with our

step by step guide. Once you have mastered this, create your own cartoons

for the War Slang Resource Page.

1. Draw your characters expression.

2. Draw the shape of your characters face.

3. Start to add details.

4 and 5. Add more and more details

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Different Facial Expressions

Here are some different facial expressions you may wish to use. Or create your own!

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WAR SLANG - RESOURCE

The following words were first used in the trenches of WWI, and are still used today! Can you create a cartoon for each phrase or word?

Over the Top

Buddy

Pushing up the Daisies

Red Tape

In the Pink

Busted

Ticked Off

Put a Sock in it

Hit the Deck

Fed Up

Rise & Shine

Pipe down

Kick the Bucket

Cushy

Basket Case

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DORA – DEFENCE OF THE REALM ACT

Can you match each of the cartoons below with the DORA rule it represents?

• Some of the words above are back to front can you put them right?

• Which one is not a DORA rule?

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DORA RULE LIST

1.You must not loiter under a railway bridge

2.You must not send a letter overseas written in invisible ink

3.You must not buy binoculars without official permission

4.You must not fly a kite that could be used for signalling

5.You must not speak in a foreign language on the telephone

6.You must not ring church bells after sundown

7.You must not whistle in the street after 10pm for a taxi

8.You must not travel alone in a railway carriage over the Forth Bridge

9.You must not push a handcart through the streets at night without showing a red light at the back and a white light on the front

10. You must not eat sweets in the classroom

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THE TREATMENT OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Within “Frightful World War”, Angelica meets doctors and medics in the battlefield, operating behind the frontline under appalling conditions. The process of treatment for injured soldiers followed a complicated system, as outlined below.

The survival of a soldier wounded on the Western Front often depended on prompt medical treatment. During a major battle hundreds or even thousands of men were in a similar situation. It was essential to have an efficient system that could retrieve the wounded, transport them to a safe area and then treat them.

However, just getting off the battlefield could take hours – even days. While those with light wounds might scramble to safety, others relied on teams of stretcher-bearers. Too often, these were overwhelmed with casualties. They were also under orders to retrieve the least badly wounded first.

Ideally, the wounded first made it to a Regimental Aid Post, then on to a mobile Advanced Dressing Station. These were basic care points. Here, often in appalling conditions, injuries might be cleaned and dressed, injections given and – in the case of Dressing Stations – emergency amputations carried out.

Reaching either care point was not easy. In the crowded trenches priority of movement was given to ammunition, then reinforcements and only thirdly to the wounded.

Except for the lightly wounded, the next stop was a Casualty Clearing Station (CCS). These were places several miles behind the front line. As they had many of the staff and facilities common to standard hospitals, major surgical operations were possible at a CCS. Unfortunately, in these pre-penicillin times, men who had survived this far often succumbed to infections.

Only the seriously injured travelled further. As the means to organise grew, these men were transported en masse in ambulance trains, road convoys or even by canal. Their destinations were either the large base hospitals near the French coast or a ship heading to England. Once ashore, men were dispersed into a growing system of hospitals and convalescent units or in some cases sent back home.

Even medical posts set well behind the lines were not safe from being shelled and bombed.

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WOMEN IN WARTIME

Women had a variety of different roles during wartime. They took over many mens' jobs in Britain while they were away fighting. One of the few ways women could get near the battlefield was if they entered into nursing. Below is the story of a nurse who saved many lives in a different way.

FIRST WORLD WAR NURSE IS A HEROINE!

Edith Cavell (1865-1915) was a British nurse serving in Belgium who was executed on a charge of assisting Allied prisoners to escape during World War One.

Born on 4 December 1865 in Norfolk, Cavell entered the nursing profession aged 20. Moving to Belgium she was appointed matron of the Berkendael Medical Institute in Brussels in 1907. During her brief career in Belgium she succeeded in modernising the standard of Belgian nursing.

With war in 1914 and the subsequent German occupation of Belgium Cavell joined the Red Cross; the Berkendael Institute was converted into a hospital for wounded soldiers of all nationalities.

Many of the captured Allied soldiers who were treated at Berkendael succeeded in escaping - with Cavell's active assistance - to neutral Holland. Cavell was arrested on 5 August 1915 by local German authorities and charged with having personally aided in the escape of some two hundred soldiers. Edith was kept in solitary confinement for nine weeks and then sentenced to death by firing squad on 12 October 1915. She is buried at Norwich Cathedral, and commemorated in a statue near Trafalgar Square.

LITERACY: NEWSPAPER ACTIVITY

1. Write a newspaper report on Edith Cavell. Investigate the circumstances and imagine that it is the 6th August 1915, the day after her arrest. What would you report to the rest of the world in your article?

2. Find out about another World War One heroine and write a report on her achievements.

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FIRST WORLD WAR NURSING RESOURCE

Write what each nurse is thinking of the First World War and what they have seen during their work in the hospitals.

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CRAIGLOCKHART HOSPITAL AND THE WAR POETS

Craiglockhart was a hydropathic hotel in Edinburgh, which was requisitioned by the British army in October 1916 as a hospital for officers suffering from psychological trauma as a result of battlefield conditions during the First World War. “Shell-shock”, a very common condition (now known as post-traumatic stress disorder) was little understood at the beginning of the war. It was the effect of the fear and endless noise in battle, which broke many soldiers' minds.

The records of the officers at Craiglockhart show a variety of diagnoses for their admissions. Some administrators seemed to be reluctant to provide a diagnosis of 'shell shock' or admit why the officers were there. Some of the diagnoses used were:

• 'hysterical' paralyses and functional disability (although lower ranked soldiers were simply diagnosed with 'hysteria')

• neurasthenia• migraine• glycosuria• gas poisoning• compound fracture of the toe• haemorrhoids ('piles')

Craiglockhart was also the meeting place of Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, they came to be known as War Poets and wrote poetry based on their experiences and protestations of war.

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The following poem by Siegfreed Sassoon was written at, and included in Craiglockharts magazine, which Wilfred Owen edited.

1. Use the box below the poem to write what you think the poet was trying to portay.

2. Write your own poem about a soldier in the First World War.

Dreamers

Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land,Drawing no dividend from time's to-morrows.In the great hour of destiny they stand,Each with his feuds, and jealousies, and sorrows.Soldiers are sworn to action; they must winSome flaming, fatal climax with their lives.Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns beginThey think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives.

I see them in foul dug-outs, gnawed by rats,And in the ruined trenches, lashed with rain,Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats,And mocked by hopeless longing to regainBank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats,And going to the office in the train.

Craiglockhart 1917 Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)

WARTIME CONVERSATION – RESOURCEThese two women are in England at the beginning of 1915. Write a conversation they may be having with each other about the war effort.

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FRIGHTFUL FIRST WORLD WAR WORDSEARCH

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Propaganda - Resource

Place the following words in the right places in the passage below:

army, beaten, cowards, different, embarrass, germans, heroes, one, posters, propaganda, proud, world.

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STORY SHEET RESOURCE

Use this page to write a story about two soldiers from opposite trenches. Consider their similarities and what they may be thinking and feeling.

ANIMALS IN WAR – RESOURCE

In the Frightful World War you hear the story of the pigeon, Cher Ami. Use this sheet to write about other animals used in the First World War.Write your own story about an animal hero.

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LYRICS SHEET

Tune: ‘What A Friend We Have In Jesus’

When this lousy war is over, oh how happy I will beWhen I get my civvy clothes on, no more soldiering for me

No more church parades on SundayNo more putting in for leaveI will kiss the sergeant majorHow I’ll miss him, how I’ll grieve!

Have you been shot by a sniper,Caught your arm on some barb wire?Are you stuck out in no man’s landUnder very heavy fire?Has a bullet hit your bottyDo your feet hurt every day?Do not worry, do not worryDo not worry we all say.

Tune: If You’re Happy And You Know It

If your sleeping place is damp, never mindIf you wake up with a cramp, never mind

If your trench should fall in some Fill your ears and make you dumbWhile the sergeant drinks your rum

Never mind!If your boots are full of wee, never mindAnd so’s your best hankie, never mind

If your legs are turning greenCos they’re full of gangrene

And you sleep in a latrine, never mind

Tune: Auld Lang Syne:

If lice have walked off with your clothes, And rats nibble your toesYou sleep in mud, the food’s a dudAnd the loos offend your noseJust take a leaf from our bookAs shells and bombs they fall(SLOWLY)As men they die and bullets flyJust try to care not at all…

We’re here because, we’re here because, We’re here because we’re here!We’re here because, we’re here because –We’re here because we’re here.

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LYRICS RESOURCE SHEET

Use the box below to:

• Draw cartoons for each of the lyrics.

• Write your own song words to a popular tune.

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