Torwood House School - WWI Homework Project, Autumn Term 2014

Torwood House School - WWI Homework Project, Autumn Term 2014
Over the next 5 weeks, I would like you to complete at least two activities from the table below. If you would like to complete more than two activities, please do! Please use your
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Thursday Topic Homework time to complete these activities. I am looking forward to seeing the results of your project. Please bring your project in on Friday 5 December. Good Luck!
Seven ways to learn
What do I know and
understand?
Can I apply and show
what I know?
I enjoy reading, writing and
speaking
I enjoy being active and
doing
hands-on things
What can I create?
Can I evaluate and
make judgements?
Make a phrase book
containing at least 15
words from World War One
and explain what they
mean.
Write a comparison
between being a child
during WWI and the present
day. This could be a story or
a non-fiction piece.
Write a list of countries
involved in WWI. Identify
the different sides involved.
Choose two WWI artefacts
and write 5 facts about
each of them.
Find an account by a person
with experience of WWI.
Write one side of A4 lined
paper about what they said
alongside your own
thoughts.
Find out at least 5 number
facts about WWI e.g. how
many people fought in the
war?
Draw a pictogram of the
food allowance for one
week’s ration. Then draw a
pictogram of the food you
eat in a week. How do they
compare?
Create a graph comparing
the size of armies from
different nations. Explain
why countries had different
numbers of soldiers and
weapons.
Choose a picture or
photograph and create at
least 5 maths questions
about the picture. Explain
your answers to these
questions.
Find out about food rations
in WWI. Describe why
rationing was important
and what were the
advantages and
disadvantages?
Paint/sew/make 3 flags for
countries involved in the
war.
Draw/make a WWI artefact
and label with at least 5
facts.
Compare and contrast using
labelled drawings, the
fashions of Wartime Britain
and Britain today.
Create a WWI board game
using materials that you
would find in a WWI home.
Your game should involve
numbers and questions
involving number facts.
Design and make a model
of an aeroplane/ship to
fight in the war. Evaluate
your model by suggesting at
least three adaptations/
improvements.
Find out how to play a
traditional WWI era game
and teach the rules to a
friend or member of your
family.
Challenge 3 different people
to name as many countries
and leaders involved in the
war as they can in 2
minutes. Record their
scores. Who gets the most?
Present your results in a
graph.
Create your own WWI song
to boost soldier’s morale
who were fighting a long
way from home…or…write
a rap to remember the
order of the main events of
WWI.
Research a WWI recipe and
make it for your family to
try. Take a photo of the
meal and write out the
recipe.
Visit a museum, and write a
detailed report of what you
thought about the different
things you saw there and
how the museum might be
improved.
Research and describe some
of the pros and cons of
WWI.
Research a dance that was
popular during WWI. Learn
how to do it and prepare to
teach the rest of your class
a simple part of the dance.
Research how people’s lives
were affected in the war.
Use sub headings e.g. food,
clothes, jobs, families.
Compare how it was then to
how it is now.
I enjoy Maths
I enjoy painting, drawing
and
visualising
What can I question,
compare and analyse?
I enjoy learning by myself
Find and listen to a
song/piece of music about
WWI. Describe what you
think of the music.
Make a conscription poster
(a poster to persuade
people to join the army).

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