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Homework 1: Learn

GCSE Paper 1: The historic environment:

The British sector of the Western Front, 1914–18: injuries, treatment and the trenches.

Booklet

If you need extra help:

1) Ask your class teacher 2) Check the SMHW site

for extra information 3) Attend HW club in the

MRC4) Check GCSE Bitesize

and GCSE POD5) Check your class VLE

site

Extend your learning!

Read: Hollingham, Richard: Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery BBC iWonder: How do you fix a face that’s been blown off by shrapnel?And How did WW1 change the way we treat war injuries today?Barker, Pat: Regeneration Watch: The Wipers Times (BBC and on YouTube)

Ask your teacher for the ‘Life in the Trenches’ PowerPoint to complete.

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Homework 1: Learn the spelling and meaning of these Key Terms:

Key Term Definition Salient Trench TerrainInfrastructure InfectionSeptic AntisepticAseptic Blood transfusion Radiology Universal blood group Neurosurgery Local anaesthetic General anaestheticShrapnel Stretcher bearerAid postField ambulance Dressing stationCasualty Clearing Station Base Hospital RAMC- Royal Army Medical CorpsFANY – First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Extra Challenge! Do the same for these source analysis key terms: Utility ContentContextProvenance Nature Origin

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Purpose Audience

Homework 2:

Revise the key knowledge you have covered so far for a knowledge test.

Topic 1: Surgery in the 20th Century

3 barriers to surgery (pain, infection and blood loss) Developments in surgery and solutions to the 3 barriers Aseptic surgery and x-rays Blood transfusions and storage of blood

Topic 2: The geography and environment of the Western Front

Flanders The trench system –organisation and construction Ypres Salient, the Somme, Arras and Cambrai Mines at Hill 60 Tunnels and caves at Arras

Topic 3: The timeline and tactics of the First World War

1914-1918 First Battle of Ypres-1914 Second Battle of Ypres- 1915 Battle of the Somme- 1916 Battle of Arras-1917 Third Battle of Ypres-1917 Battle of Cambrai- 1917

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Homework 3: Complete the inference diagram for Source B (below)

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Homework 4: Complete Questions 1, 2a and 2b.

Q1) 4 Marks

Give 2 key features of Gas attacks.

Q2a) How useful are sources A and B (page 147) for an enquiry into the trench system on the Western Front?

Q2b) Study Source E (page 150) How would you follow up Source E to find out more about stretcher bearers on the Western Front?

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Homework 5: Self-evaluation and revision.

Self-evaluation:

Strengths: List your strengths in this unit (knowledge, source skills and exam technique)

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2)

Detail of Source E I would follow up…

Question I would ask…

What type of source I would use…

How this might help answer my question…

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Improvements: List the improvements you need to make in this unit (knowledge, source skills and exam technique)

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ACTION! What can you practice/revise to improve your work in this unit? Write a list….then do it!

Extra Challenges!

Use http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zs3wpv4#z34mvcw BBC iWonder : How did WW1 change the way we treat war injuries today? Write one PEEL paragraph answering the question below:

How did the First World War change the way surgery was performed?

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Choose an activity from the list below (Do either A, B or C using Source A below):

A) Complete the following table for Source A:

Who wrote it? When did they write it? Where was it written? What is the purpose of the source?

How did the First World War change the way surgery was performed?

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What was the intended audience of the source? How useful is this source for finding out about why operations on the Western Front were difficult? Use at least one piece of your won knowledge to support your answer.

B) How useful is Source A is for an enquiry into the problems of conducting surgery on the Western Front? Show how useful you think it is by placing an arrow on the continuum below:

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C) Name 3 other types of source you could use to follow up Source A and check how useful it is for fining out why operations on the Western Front were difficult. Use the box below, explain your choices:

Complete the Action/s and GAPS task/s given by your teacher:

Feedback and Actions

Complete the action/s you have been set here:

Explain why you have positioned your arrow where you have:

Useful Useless