School history trips to Ypres, in Belgium, and the Somme, in France, provide your pupils with an interesting and powerful example of the conditions and scale of WWI. Listening to the Last Post at Menin Gate or visiting the battlefields of the Somme will prove to be both an educational and humbling experience.
Subject Focus:
- KS 3-5: Show the conditions of the soldiers in the trenches of World War I.
- KS 3-5: Examine the effects of historical trends and events on ordinary people.
- KS 3-5: Understand how people respond to traumatic events.
- KS 3-5: Recognise the role of World War I in influencing later events.
Student Outcomes:
- Learn about the events and experiences of soldiers in World War I.
- Observe how societies come to terms with traumatic events.
- Understand the affects of World War I and how it has shaped modern Europe.
- Explore conceptions of patriotism, citizenship and the quest for international peace.
Question: Who said: 'In Flanders Fields the poppies blow, between the crosses, row on row,'?
Answer: John McCrae
