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1. Conflict and controversy	1. Changing views on the Great War	Background	Worksheet

2. Why did Britain go to war in 1914?	1. Did Britain see Germany as a threat?	Background	Worksheet

	2. Did Britain go to war over Belgium?

	3. Did public opinion drag Britain into war?

3. The trench experience	1. Weapons and warfare	Background 1	Worksheet Videos Game

	2. Over the top	Background 2

	3. An allied army	Background 3

	4. Daily grind	Background 4

4. Lions led by donkeys?	1. Officers and men	Background 1	Worksheet

	2. Gallipoli, 1915	Background 2

	3. The Somme, 1916	Background 3

	4. The hundred days, 1918	Background 4

5. Why was it so hard to make peace?	1. What did the different leaders want from the Treaty of Versailles?	Background 1	Worksheet

	2. How did the various sides react to the Treaty of Versailles?	Background 2

6. How has the Great War been remembered?	1. Remembering the Great War: Then		Worksheet

	2. Remembering the Great War: Now

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