First World War

This lesson is about West Indian Soldiers during the First World War. It provides students with information about the history of the West Indies and its relationship with Britain and the First World War. It allows students to practise reading and learn vocabulary related to the war. 

Use this lesson with B1 level learners to learn about two brothers, one a soldier who fought in the Battle of the Somme, the other a conscientious objector who was imprisoned for his refusal to do any work that supported the war effort. 

Use this lesson plan with B2 level learners to create a speaking activity in which students recount three different eyewitness accounts of the outbreak of war in 1914. 

Use this lesson plan with A2 level learners to understand letter-writing during the First World War. 

Use this lesson to examine the motives and men who volunteered to fight for the British Army during the First World War.