World War 1 Commemorations Outline
2014-2015
Activity
1
WW1 Lessons
Week
2
Sky Twitter Feed
& WW1 Clips on
TV Screens
Description
As part of the build-up to Armistice Day, in the second week of
November, students will receive a lesson in all subject areas,
which will be linked to World War 1. Ideas are provided on
these sites:
http://www.iwm.org.uk/learning/iwm-north/visits/key-stage3
http://www.tes.co.uk/resource-collections/teaching-the-firstworld-war-6400138/
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/gcselinks/wars/firstwwlinks/
wwi_worksheets.html
Sky News is providing a twitter feed, which reports ‘live’
events from WW1 as they happened 100 years ago. The
twitter feed is available on @SkyNewsWW1.
In addition, the TV Screen in the Humanities Faculty area will
have presentations and clips on WW1, which will play at
periodic intervals.
Guest speaker
Local historian Jahan Mahmood will speak to year 8 students
about life in world war 1 with a focus on Coventry
4
History
Curriculum
As part of their History curriculum, students in Year 8 will
study World War 1. They will learn about the causes, key
events, outcomes and consequences of the Great War. They
will also learn about the role of women, people of all faiths
and the countries that make up the Commonwealth.
5
WW1
Commemoration
Assembly
3
6
WW1 Exhibition
7
100th Anniversary
Tours
9
Poppy campaign
ARMISTICE DAY ASSEMBLY and minutes silence
Through their enrichment activity, Students will prepare and
display a World War 1 Exhibition. The exhibition will have
artefacts, displays, video clips etc. which raise awareness of
WW1. The exhibition will be open to students and the wider
community and local primary schoolchildren.
A group of students from across Tauheedul schools will visit
battlefields on the Western Front, such as the Somme, Verdun
and Fromelles. http://www.centenarybattlefieldtours.org.
Students from the trip will produce a power point
presentation or art work highlighting their reflections on the
trip.
As part of the Legion's Centenary Poppy Campaign, students
from gardening club will plant poppies in the school grounds
as a gesture of Remembrance to commemorate the
Lead
Future Years
SMA
This will be repeated
in 2015-16, 2016-17
and 2017-18.
SMA
ICT
SUPPO
RT
This will continue for
the next four years.
SMA
This will be repeated
with Y8 groups each
year, for the next
four years.
SMA
Heads
of
years
This will be a
permanent part of
the History
curriculum and will
be repeated with the
year 8 groups each
year.
This will be repeated
each year, for the
next four years.
SSMA
The exhibition will be
repeated each year,
for the next four
years.
SMA
This will be repeated
each year, for the
next four years.
SMA
and
HPA
This will be repeated
each year, for the
next four years.
Centenary, and help them learn about the poppy's heritage,
traditions and its relevance in today's society.
Pupils will sell poppies to support British legion