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A little thread on the importance of building knowledge beyond the exam spec, with my beautiful assistant: the forgotten Western Front battles of 1915. #historyteacher #aqahistory #firstworldwar #ww1
So the AQA GCSE First World War course syllabus only mentions 1915 in the context of Gallipoli. I imagine this is all most schools focus on. 1915 wont really happen on the Western Front for most students. A year of soldiers sitting in trenches twiddling their thumbs.
But hang on- 1915 is so crucial to the war’s development. For starters the first use of gas at the Second Battle of Ypres is a major use of new technology. Sure, most schools will teach that. But not in the context of a battle. Just a random use of a weapon by the Germans.
