Dan Snow - WW1 videos

A short post to highlight some great short videos by historian Dan Snow about various aspects of World War One.

These are made by the BBC and have been posted on YouTube:

Why trenches:

Breaking the Deadlock:

The Myths:

Tanks:

The soldiers' kit:

Food:

Barbed Wire:

M4 History Project internet resources - WW1

Now that the M4 History Project into aspects of World War One is in full swing, it may be useful to post here some internet resources.

Some British Tommies. Somewhere in France.
Picture Credit: BBC

Use the following imaginatively; don't forget to make a note of what sites you have used and put this information into a bibliography at the end!

Good use of specific contextual knowledge will be crucial for getting a high mark in the project!

Start here:

The BBC has a landing page for all things WW1:

• This includes stories from the Home Front
• A "schools" page all about the experience of teenagers.
• A news item all about photos from the trenches which have recently been discovered.
• A news item about the 1914 Christmas truce.
• Various programmes and clips can be found here.

M4 Battlefields Trip 2014

The M4s went to the Battlefields of the Ypres / Somme region of France and Belgium. See below for a video of some of the highlights:

The First World War

See this page for a number of fascinating articles about the First World War. Any student contemplating the causes or outcomes of WW1 for M4 or GCSE should take a look at this page by esteemed historian Russel Tarr.

There is also a great site here about the WW1 by the organisation which looks after war graves across the world, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It's a great page which has a wealth of material, video and pictures.

Highly recommended.