Outbreak of World War I
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Interviewees remembering their emotions when the First World War began.
Interviewees remembering where they were when the start of the First World War was announced in 1914 and their feelings at the time.
From:
All Our Lives Tears and Telegrams
First broadcast
:
21 January 1994
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 11-14,14-16, 16+
Subject : History
Topic : Twentieth century world
Keywords : First World War
Notes : Use clip in the study of the First World War - Key Stages 3, 4 and 5. Use as stimulus to class discussion - ask pupils for their reactions to the horrors of the war. How would these interviewees have felt at this time? Compare with other wars.
