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HistoryYears 8, 9About 4 sessions (estimate, no timer)A parent checks the finished piece
The Message Office
Decode a practice message, investigate the date it points to, and produce a four-panel history newspaper.
What you'll make
A decoded message, a four-panel newspaper with a map or timeline, and a coded reply.
What you'll learn
- The July 1914 crisis and longer-term causes
- How messages travelled in wartime
- One home-front experience
- How the war reached beyond Europe
- Armistice vs peace treaty
You'll need
Paper folded into four panels · Pencil
Curriculum links
- Understand challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day, including the First and Second World Wars and the Holocaust
- Understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance
- Understand the changing nature of the United Kingdom's relationships with the rest of Europe and the wider world in the twentieth century
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