Snow Day English and Maths Work

Sainsbury’s Christmas Truce

Pause the film after 12 seconds

• Where is this story set?
  
• What was happening in 1914?
  
• How do you think the men are feeling at this point? Is it any worse today than on other days?
  
• What do you think the man is handing around?
  
  
  Pause the film after 30 seconds.
  

• Who sent him the letter?
  
• Who is singing?
  
• What song are they singing?
  
  
  Pause the film at 1min 08seconds.
  

• How are the men reacting?
  
• What does this tell you about the actions of the men?
  
• How do they feel while they are singing?
  
  
  Pause the film at 1 min 30 seconds.
  

• What do you think Jim is doing?
  
• How do the German soldiers feel at this point?
  
• What does the German soldier say to his colleagues?
  
  
  Pause the film at 2min 55 seconds.
  

• What do you think Jim and Otto were thinking as they walked towards each other?
  
• Why do you think football would have been a good game to play?
  
• Who do you think started the firing?
  

Do the soldiers on opposite sides hate each other?

Watch the film until the end.

• Why do you think Jim gave Otto the chocolate?
• What do you think happened the next day?
• Do you think there is a lesson to be learned from the film?

Maths Work

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