The First World War

Interactive Timeline

Life on the Western Front - an interactive decision making exercise

Causes of the First World War

The Schlieffen Plan

War Poetry

The Role of Britain in the First World war

Trench Warfare

Weapons

The Home Front

Statistics

The Role of Britain in the First World War

Students following a GCSE in Modern World history may be required to learn about the Role and contribtuion of Britain during the First World War. Typically this will require an understanding of:

• The BEF
• Trench warfare
• Britain's contribution to the western front, using the Battle of the Somme as an example
• New weapons - tanks and planes
• The war at sea: blockades and Jutland
• The contribution of the Empire troops
• The end of the war

You may also find this unit on public reactions to the war and the early involvement of the BEF of use. It relates to several of the specified content areas (AQA syllabus).