Remembrance

Suitable for: KS1, KS2, KS3, SEND
Delivery options: In school or at The Story
Topic:
KS1: Local History study; Changes within living memory; Events beyond living memory.
KS2: Post 1066 aspect or theme – First World War, Second World War, Global conflicts; Local History study.
KS3: Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day – First World War, Second World War; Local history study.

Pupils will discover real stories of men and women from County Durham who served their country, using archives and objects in their investigation. Stories include Eleanor Brown, a miner’s daughter from Fencehouses who served in Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps during the First World War and Corporal Lee Brownson, who served with 3 Rifles and was killed in Afghanistan in 2010.

The workshop will enable your students to understand why and how we remember those from County Durham who died in conflict, from the First World War to the present day. Through discussion and teamwork, they will discover how other countries and faiths remember conflict.

This workshop includes group investigation, object handling and presenting findings to the class.

Learning Objectives and Skills:

KS1

• Recall some facts about their person.
• Describe what we remember on Remembrance Day.

KS2

• Who, how and why we remember on Remembrance Day.
• Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

KS3  

• Understand some of the ways in which we find out about the past.
• Discuss why remembrance is important, and how soldiers and their families are affected by war.
• Describe their soldier and understand that what we know of them is pieced together from clues in archives and objects.

Booking Information

Outreach Availability:
Monday – Friday

Inhouse Availability:
Monday – Wednesday

Duration: 90 minutes
Capacity: Up to 35 children
Price: £150