Learning outcomes

After studying this session, you should be able to:

  • understand aspects of the historiographical debate on the origins of the First World war
  • understand different interpretations from leading historians and why they developed
  • understand how to help your students develop document analysis skills using the worked example of document analysis provided.

OpenLearn - Teaching the First World War
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