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What would you send him?: Activity 2

What to send him for Easter

Introduction

Divide the class into groups of two. Ask the pupils to list all the things the article suggests to go into a pack for a soldier.

Ask them to decide which items are essential and which are not.

Discuss as a class.

Task 1

Click here to download sorting cards in Microsoft Word format to use in this activity.

Sort the cards into essential and non-essential items to go in a soldier's pack during the World War One.

Feedback to the rest of the class what they chose and why.

Task 2

Ask the pupils to write their own newspaper article giving advice on the things they would include in a soldier's pack and explain why.

The Observer and Times
March 17 1917
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