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• We are going to study the life of Harry Badcock, an Ibstock lad who died aged 17 and a half in World War One. (Point at the name)…. He was ….

• Facts, personal details

• And so, we hope that we have shown you a little about the sad life of young Harry, killed at the age of a Sixth Former today. What a waste.

The Harry Badcock tapes.

Choice 1….

Talk to camera on your own as if you were a presenter describing his life to the listener.

Choice 2….

Talk to camera with another student as if you were asking questions and answering them as an expert on his life.

1. Where was he born and when?2. What kind of family did he have?3. What would have been his Ibstock life if he had not joined the

army?4. Why did he lie about his age to join up?5. He arrived in France on June 26th. How do you think he felt when

he first saw France?6. He got to the trenches on June 29th. Work out how many days

fighting and how many resting until his death on 31st July.7. Why was this pattern of rest important to the soldiers?8. Look at the map. Why would a Leics Regiment call a French hill

“MountSorrell”?9. Look at the events leading up to his final night alive on 30th June.

How would he have felt as his last day dawned?10. What was his unit doing when he was killed? Was it risky?11. Why do you think his body was never found?12. Why would you think his family wanted his name on the memorial?13. What have we learnt from studying his life?