Romsey World War One soldiers

Learning objectives To practice IT research skills To explain what life was like for World War One soldiers To gather information for the local history study

Your activity… Write a piece of creative writing about the experience of someone from Romsey, someone in Romsey or Romsey during World War One It does not have to be true This could be: diary entries, memoirs, an essay or article, a series of letters or a story

The names of soldiers on the Romsey World War One Memorial… Archer F W 855206 Austin W 26456 Berryman A 42518 Betteridge H 14889 Carden W F 18183 Cole P 1797 Elcock W C 20918 Elliott S G 331484 Fryer F 41114 Geary A E 206232 Gosney W A 22744 Gritt 241092 Harding Edward 356458 Hayter Horace Ralph 22090 Knight H V 162660 Langridge W 18607 Luke 43237 Mettyer Charles Edward 44202 Moody E 8483 Thomas John 4723 Penn W R 3444 Puckett Albert Edward 54344 Tongs Charles 9113 Waterman F 57526 Withers Reginald H 27252 The names of soldiers on the Romsey World War One Memorial… You could research one of them for your creative writing

Local History competition Warner competition A Trust set up by Mr Warner before he passed away. He left money in a Trust and asked his wife to award it to pupils who are enthusiastic and write about local history

Pictures speak a thousand words… Activity 1 Tell me a story… Activity 3 Write it in a letter… Success criteria: -Write your FULL NAME on your work -Create an original piece of work, individually -Use historical evidence to support and explain points using PEEL -Write by hand or use a word processor -Good scope here for use of imagination Activity 2 Pictures speak a thousand words… Useful Links: REFLECTION -You will need to draw well & choose the key points carefully What Went Well… Even Better If… www.cwgc.org http://www.1914-1918.net/ https://www.google.co.uk/maps https://www.google.co.uk/ Teacher Pupil ABC: Local Warner Competition Write a short story or an article, with illustrations, about the life of a Romsey soldier during World War One Write a collection of letters or diary entries, about the life of a Romsey soldier during World War One Prizes to be won Remember the 5Ws Collate a series of photos and/or drawings and annotate them about the life of a Romsey soldier during World War One

History Enrichment Portfolio SELECT ACTIVITY… 1 2 3 Name & TG: Teacher & class: Mid-review date: Due date: Habits of Mind Stamp