Use slide 6 (the timeline) to show children how long it has been since the First World War and emphasise that 2014 is an important year because it has been 100 years since the start of WW1. Main: Use slide 8 to have a class discussion about what happens on Remembrance day. . Encourage a discussion and ask the children whether they have been to a Remembrance service, or have a family member who was involved in any war, do they know a local war memorials etc. Break the class up into small groups and give each group a picture from the gallery on the war memorials website, or any other Use support staff to remembrance artefact. Ask each group to look carefully at their facilitate discussion picture/artefact and discuss the following questions: What does the picture/artefact tell us about: What happens on remembrance day How people feel during remembrance day Why it’s important to remember people affected by war Following small group discussions, ask each group to come to the front of the class with their picture so they can tell the rest of the class about their discussions, and how their picture helped them to understand more about Remembrance. Plenary: As a whole group review what Remembrance means Use slides 9 and 10 from the powerpoint - read the poems to the class and the encourage pupils to discuss what they think the poems mean and how they relate to Remembrance. These poems can then be revisited in future lessons around war memorials. Assessment for learning: Video/audio record discussions/presentations to help with teacher assessment of spoken language and listening skills Encourage student feedback about their achievement towards objectives e.g. how did they find working in a group? Hands up for easy/ok/difficult –
Use support staff to facilitate discussion Use slide 6 (the timeline) to show children how long it has been since the First World War and emphasise that 2014 is an important year because it has been 100 years since the start of WW1. Main: Use slide 8 to have a class discussion about what happens on Remembrance day. . Encourage a discussion and ask the children whether they have been to a Remembrance service, or have a family member who was involved in any war, do they know a local war memorials etc. Break the class up into small groups and give each group a picture from the gallery on the war memorials website, or any other remembrance artefact. Ask each group to look carefully at their picture/artefact and discuss the following questions: What does the picture/artefact tell us about: What happens on remembrance day How people feel during remembrance day Why it’s important to remember people affected by war Following small group discussions, ask each group to come to the front of the class with their picture so they can tell the rest of the class about their discussions, and how their picture helped them to understand more about Remembrance. Plenary: As a whole group review what Remembrance means Use slides 9 and 10 from the powerpoint - read the poems to the class and the encourage pupils to discuss what they think the poems mean and how they relate to Remembrance. These poems can then be revisited in future lessons around war memorials. Assessment for learning: Video/audio record discussions/presentations to help with teacher assessment of spoken language and listening skills Encourage student feedback about their achievement towards objectives – e.g. how did they find working in a group? Hands up for easy/ok/difficult
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