ARtefact 2 - Landships
- Communication for language activity appropriate to KS1.
- Letter writing activity for KS2 and KS3.
KS1 – spoken language activity about what it must be like to see a tank or be in a tank
- At the simplest level the information can be read to the pupils and the ARtefact 3D model animation used as part of the discussion
- Imagery
- Vocabulary
KS2/KS3
- Imagery
- Vocabulary
- Features of letter writing
- Historical info
Using the image of the tank and 3d animation write a letter home from the Front as Bert Cheney, a 19 year old Junior Officer. Describe your impressions of the new tanks or land ships used for the first time in WW1.
Land ship or Tanks factfile
- First used at the Battle of Flers then at the Somme
- Had caterpillar tracks to move across rough ground
- Tanks still became stuck in the mud as it was so churned up
- 14 out of 36 tanks became stuck at the Somme
- Designed to end trench warfare
- Top speed of 5.9km/h mph on flat land
- Turn sharply at top speed
- Climb a 5-feet parapet
- Able to cross an eight feet gap
- Crew of 8
- Conditions were appalling, noisy and very hot
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The Landships worksheet looks at the emerging technology of tanks during the First World War, when they first appeared and how they were used. The ARtefact on this worksheet triggers an accurate 3D model of a British MK1 tank accompanied by an audio sample of a tank.
This ARtefact triggers an accurate 3D model of a British MK1 tank accompanied by an audio sample of the tank.
