DISCUSSION TOPICS
TOPIC 1 FOR 1914 TO 1918: A TIME TO REMEMBER
What might have happened if Britain had allied with Russia and France when war was threatened, rather than waiting until Germany invaded Belgium?
TOPIC 2 FOR 1914 TO 1918: A TIME TO REMEMBER
Why did Osmond volunteer to fight when he could have sought an exemption as a farmer’s son?
TOPIC 3 FOR 1914 TO 1918: A TIME TO REMEMBER
Discuss what might have happened if the United States had not declared war on Germany and arrived on the Western Front in June 1917.
TOPIC 4 1914 TO 1918: A TIME TO REMEMBER
How did the turmoil of the war and the effects of the Spanish flu affect society in Britain, the United States and elsewhere?
TOPIC 5 1914 TO 1918: A TIME TO REMEMBER
Osmond loses a friend who is court-martialed and put to death. How would these circumstances be dealt with today?
TOPIC 6 1914 TO 1918: A TIME TO REMEMBER
In what way did the British Army treat its officers differently from its regular soldiers? Were these differences justified?
