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Based upon the evidence we have looked at so far, do you think that support for the war outweighed the opposition?. Select five sources. Explain how useful these sources have been in informing you in your enquiry into the changing and different attitudes towards war in World War 1.
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Based upon the evidence we have looked at so far, do you think that support for the war outweighed the opposition?
Select five sources. Explain how useful these sources have been in informing you in your enquiry into the changing and different attitudes towards war in World War 1. What happens now? • We are going to draw together our ideas • We are going to talk about what you need to do to write a good essay • We are going to analyse 2 of the sources together • You are going to find 3 more sources and analyse them (and check them with me) • We are going to talk about planning the essay • We are going to look at good examples of past essays • You are going to make your plans & have them checked • You are going to write up the essay in 1hr 30 mins
Explain how useful these sources have been in informing you in your enquiry into the changing and different attitudes towards war in World War 1. • What were the changing and different attitudes towards war? • What information will the sources need to pick up upon?
Explain how useful these sources have been in informing you in your enquiry into the changing and different attitudes towards war in World War 1. Attitudes in 1914 Attitudes in 1915 Attitudes in 1916 Attitudes in 1917-1918 Recruits Women Working class men Conscientious Objectors Socialists/Trade Unionists Pacifists Politicians
A cartoon by the British cartoonist, W.K Haselden • Entitled “The Suburban Plodder” • It was published in the Daily Mirror on 14th August 1914.
Source B From a school textbook published in 1993. When war broke out the government had most of Britain on its side. The government put out lots of propaganda to make sure people continued to support it. The newspapers, which were the main source of information for most people were in favour of the war in any case. When the government asked for 100,000 volunteer soldiers the response was far better than anyone expected – 750,000 men joined the army in one month. G. HETHERTON, Britain and the Great War, Hodder Murray 1993.
Select five sources. Explain how useful these sources have been in informing you in your enquiry into the changing and different attitudes towards war in World War 1.
Select five sources. Explain how useful these sources have been in informing you in your enquiry into the changing and different attitudes towards war in World War 1. • You will have (up to) 1 hour 30 minutes to answer this question. • You need to find three further sources. • Try to find 1 poster and 1 piece of primary written evidence – for example a letter, a diary entry, a poem, a song, newspaper account. • Your final source is up to you. However, remember that it is important to choose a source for which you know the provenance and which you feel confident in assessing the utility of. • You must make sure that your collection of sources shows variety – in type, opinion and topic coverage. • Make sure that you note down who and where the source is from, its date of publication and the name of the publisher. If it is from a website include the URL and the name of the website/ organisation that produced it.
