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INTERACTIVE TOPIC · CHAPTER 3 — A LONG AND FAMOUS HISTORY

The First World War & Between the Wars

Trenches, poems and an armistice at the eleventh hour — then strikes and marches in the peace. Order the war and its aftershocks, match the names, and flip the turning points.

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STEP 1 · PRIME YOUR BRAIN

Before we start — have a guess

Two warm-up questions on the Great War.

The First World War ended at 11 am on…

The trench warfare of the First World War was fought mainly on…

STEP 2 · THE PICTURE

War, then the reckoning

📯 1914 · volunteers rush to enlist 🕳️ 1915–17 · the trenches: Gallipoli, the Somme, Passchendaele 🔔 11.11.1918 · armistice at 11 am 🏭 1920s · women’s new roles; the first Labour government 📉 1930s · depression; the Jarrow March

Four years of stalemate killed a generation’s young men — and the Britain that emerged voted, worked and marched differently.

STEP 3 · LEARN BY DOING — 1 OF 2

Order the war and the peace

Tap the events in order. Each correct tap reveals its year.

LEARN BY DOING — 2 OF 2

Match the names

Tap a name or battle, then tap its story.

TURNING POINTS

Flip the details

Answer in your head first, then tap to check.

TAP TO REVEAL

Volunteers or conscripts?

At first Britain relied on volunteers — whole streets joined up together. Conscription (compulsory service) came in 1916 as losses mounted.

TAP TO REVEAL

What was Passchendaele remembered for?

The 1917 battle fought in drowning mud — an image of the Western Front that never faded.

TAP TO REVEAL

How did the war change women’s lives?

Women ran factories, transport and services. After that, the argument that women could not vote collapsed — the franchise widened in 1918.

TAP TO REVEAL

What settled the war on paper?

The Treaty of Versailles (1919) — peace terms for Germany that shaped the troubled decades that followed.

STEP 4 · QUICKFIRE RECALL

True or false — no thinking time allowed

STEP 5 · MASTERY CHECK

Six real questions on this topic

Score 5 or 6 and this topic is marked mastered on your path. Anything less: revisit the block you missed and retake.

Question 1 of 60 answered · 0 correct
Question 1 · Chapter 3: History
The General Strike of 1926 was called by the trade unions in support of which workers?
The 1926 General Strike was called in support of coal miners who faced pay cuts and longer working hours. Millions stopped work for nine days, though the strike ended without victory.
Question 2 · Chapter 3: History
Wilfred Owen, who was killed shortly before the end of the First World War, is remembered for which kind of writing?
Wilfred Owen wrote some of the best-known poems of the First World War, describing the suffering of ordinary soldiers in the trenches; he was killed in 1918.
Question 3 · Chapter 3: History
For the first part of the First World War Britain relied on volunteers. In which year was conscription — compulsory military service — first introduced?
Conscription was introduced for the first time in Britain by the Military Service Act of 1916, after voluntary recruitment could no longer meet the army's needs.
Question 4 · Chapter 3: History
Ramsay MacDonald became Prime Minister in 1924, the first to hold the office from which political party?
Ramsay MacDonald formed the first Labour government in 1924, a landmark in the party's rise as it overtook the Liberals as the main rival to the Conservatives.
Question 5 · Chapter 3: History
Which TWO of these First World War battles were fought in 1916?
Choose TWO answers — select both to see the result
The Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval battle of the war, were both fought in 1916 — tanks were used in battle for the first time at the Somme. The Gallipoli landings took place in 1915, and Passchendaele was fought in 1917.
Question 6 · Chapter 3: History
The First World War officially ended at 11 am on 11 December 1918.
The armistice took effect at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 11 am on 11 November 1918, with victory for Britain and its allies.

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STEP 6 · TEACH IT BACK

Say it in your own words

Explain how the First World War began for Britain, how it was fought, and exactly when it ended. Say it out loud or write it down — then compare.

Reveal a model answer

Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914. After early hopes of movement, the war settled into trench warfare on the Western Front, with huge battles — Gallipoli, the Somme, Passchendaele — and conscription replacing volunteers from 1916. The fighting stopped with the Armistice at 11 am on 11 November 1918, and the Treaty of Versailles settled the peace that followed.

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