1° HELP FOR YOUR WORKSHEET IN THE IT ROOM
THE ALLIANCES HERE
2° ON THE WHITE PAGE BEHING YOUR MAP, FIND OUT WHAT THE COMMONWEALTH IS (find out a short and clear definition on the net) and list the commonwealth countries involved in WW1+THE NUMBER OF DEAD (click on "dead by country" at the top of the animation HERE)
2- HDA PROJECT: BLOOD SWEPT LANDS AND SEAS OF RED + IN FLANDERS FIELDS BY JOHN MC CRAE
HERE ARE THREE VIDEOS WHICH WILL SHOW YOU HOW REMEMBRANCE DAY WAS CELEBRATED THIS YEAR IN LONDON, WITH A BEAUTIFUL AND MOVING ART PROJECT CALLED Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red
WHY IS THE POPPY THE SYMBOL OF REMEMBRANCE DAY? DO YOU KNOW THE POEM "IN FLANDERS FIELDS" by John Mc Crae?
The poppy, as a symbol (the first 2 minutes are the most interesting, the rest is more specifically about Scotland)
The poem by John Mc Crae
THE ART PROJECT BLOOD SWEPT LAND AND SEAS OF RED + THE MAKING OF THE POPPIES
3- SOME ASPECTS OF WW1 AND OTHER POEMS
A- THE SOLDIERS ON THE FRONT LINE
1)+2) explore the interactive trench on the BBC website
3) the Christmas truce: click here
B- THE HOMEFRONT (the situation on the British soil)
1) air raids
2) food
3) the recruitment campain (video watched in class)
C- WOMEN DURING WW1
click here (first/ HOMEFRONT then WOMEN 'S rights)
4- 5 SONGS: sing along to be ready for May 30th :)!
Goodbyeeee! It's a long way to Tiperary + Pack up your troubles (2 songs in a row)
Hanging on the old barbed wire Suicide in the trenches (poem by Siegfried Sassoon, sung by Pete Doherty)
