The Somme 1916 – Year 9 History Teacher Pack (AC9HH9K10)

A ready-to-teach Year 9 pack to go with our video The Somme 1916. Watch it free on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SQYwjX9An7o

Students stop the video five times and take on a role for each task, from a GHQ staff officer in July 1916 to a Remembrance Day committee adviser. They ask why the first day went so badly, look at Fromelles and Pozières, follow the road to the 1916 conscription referendum, test whether the Somme was a success, a failure or both, and weigh up Gallipoli against the Western Front in how Australia remembers the war.

What's inside (instant download, one zip):

- Unit overview (1 page)

- Student viewing guide (7 pages, PDF plus editable Word file)

- Teacher notes (8 pages, PDF plus editable Word file): stopping points, notes on each task, marking criteria, differentiation, quiz bank, contested figures and references

- Source pack (3 pages): Haig's 1916 despatch, 1916 newspapers, Bean's official history, the DVA Anzac Portal and Keating's 1993 eulogy

Curriculum: Year 9 History, Australian Curriculum v9. Primary AC9HH9K10, plus AC9HH9K09, AC9HH9K12 and AC9HH9K11 in part, with skills AC9HH9S03 to S08.

Planned for about two 50-minute lessons. Instant PDF download.

AI note: Illustrations and narration in the accompanying video are AI-assisted. No real people are depicted in the illustrations.

Licence: single-teacher classroom licence: print copies for your own classes only. Please don't share the digital files (no LMS, email or shared drives), post them online or resell them.

Refunds: if a file is faulty or the pack isn't as described, email sketched.history@tuta.com within 14 days and we'll fix it, replace it or refund you. This doesn't limit your rights under the Australian Consumer Law.