Why did Britain go to war in 1914? > Worksheet
The Great War: conflict and controversy
Since the war ended, the views of historians and the ordinary public on the Great War have
changed.
Your task is to write a short report with this title: How and why have views of the Great War
changed so much?
You will need to work in stages:
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3
4
Study the information in the background.
Study the sources in case study 1.
Choose 2 sources that give contrasting views of the war.
Write your report.
Report
You might find it helpful to organise the report like our example, but feel free to change this
approach. Open the report and print it out or save it to your computer. Then you can fill it in.
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