ARtefact 9 & QR6 - The Red Baron
- Appropriate to Key Stage 2 and 3.
- History skills: inquiry.
- English skills: writing.
- Secondary history resources - plane data and 3D model.
Activity
- Read and analyse information from the ActiveWorksheet. Make notes of the key pieces of information.
- Follow QR8 to a webpage with information on a day in the life as a fighter pilot and ground crew.
- Pupils are to write a blog in role as either a fighter pilot or a member of ground crew. To do this effectively they will have to research both these roles in detail.
- Pupils use books or the internet to research World War One fighter pilots, ground crew and Von Richthofen's Flying Circus.
- In addition, with teacher in role as the Red Baron, fighter pilot or ground crew, children can find out more facts and information.
- After the input pupils can write their blog.
Extension activity
Pupils draw or make models of WW1 biplanes (QR9 provides a link to a paper model template of a flying tri-plane).
Download Area
The Red Baron worksheet looks in particular at the Fokker DR1 triplane used by Baron Von Richthofen, the "Red Baron", during the First World War. The ARtefact on this worksheet triggers an accurate 3D model of the red Fokker DR1 triplane.
This ARtefact triggers an accurate 3D model of the Fokker DR1 tri-plane as flown by the famous Baron Von Richtofen.
