The Animals’ War

The Centenary of the First World War is an ideal opportunity to look at the role of animals during that time.

Many millions of animals, including horses, mules, donkeys, camels, dogs, pigeons and canaries were used by the armed forces in the war.

These resources will enable your students to discover the part that animals played in that conflict.

Lesson plans:

You can download the supporting PowerPoint presentations for the lesson plans below.

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Notes for the PowerPoint presentations