Year 9
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will learn about what the story of the Chinese Labour Corps can reveal to us about the Western Front.
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5 Questions
Q1.
Which battle did we study today?
Battle of the Marne
Battle of the Somme
Verdun
Q2.
Which soldiers fought in that battle?
American
Chinese
South African
Q3.
Germans used banned chlorine gas at Ypres. What could that reveal?
The British were in trouble in 1915.
The Germans were evil
The soldiers were stupid and should have known it was gas
Q4.
The Algerian solders had no gas masks. What could that reveal about the Western Front?
Everyone died at the Western Front
The Algerian soldiers were weak
The Allies were ahead of the Germans in terms of their technology and weapons
Q5.
The gas broke the stalemate for a bit, but not for long. What could that reveal about the Western Front?
The Allies were weak
The Germans were weak
Very little actually happened on the Western Front
5 Questions
Q1.
Which country were the labourers we studied today from?
Algeria
Canada
India
Q2.
Why did the Chinese government want to get involved with the war?
They had a deep hatred of Germany and so they wanted to fight with Britain and France
They had been asked by the British government to get involved and they agreed
They were colonised and so they had to otherwise they would face negative consequences
Q3.
At first, the British government turned down the Chinese government's offer of Chinese soldiers. What could this reveal?
The British government didn't turn down the Chinese government's offer
The Chinese government wasn't trying hard enough to promote their soldiers
The war was going really well for Britain and so they didn't need any help
Q4.
What battle did the Chinese Labour Corps really help prepare for and how?
Battle of the Somme, by preparing barbed wire
Battle of Verdun, by preparing shells
Battle of Ypres, by preparing chlorine gas
Q5.
When did the Chinese labourers finish working on the Western Front?
1917
1918
1919