First World War Session Information 

 This session can be taught as:

• a half day outreach in your school

Outreach Day at School:

• Object Handling and Investigation – we show the children how to be mini archaeologists, while looking at and holding artefacts in our First World War collection. We ask them to use their observation and historical enquiry skills, as well as any prior knowledge to form a theory about what they are and were used for. They will share some of their theories before we reveal what archaeologists think they are. 
• Historical Debate – using a range of historical sources, the children will debate what kind of a person Field Marshall Douglas Haig, the leader of British troops for much of the First World War, actually was. Was he the ‘Master of the Field’, or the ‘Butcher of the Somme’? 
• Dadaist Poetry – not everyone supported the First World War. Some turned to poetry to express their anger, sadness and sense of betrayal, while others set out to show their opposition in a new and radical artistic direction, the Dadaist art movement. This session brings both together as the children create their own Dadaist anti-war poems. 

Need to know:

• This is a half-day session.
• Timings for your session will vary depending on whether the team is delivering in more than one school on that day. For a morning slot teaching will begin at either 9.30am or 10am and for the afternoon, 1pm. The exact times will be on the confirmation email which you will receive once you have booked your session.
• We can teach up to four classes on the same day for a half-day outreach session (two in the morning and two in the afternoon), but early bookings are essential so we can allocate the required number of staff to make this possible. 
• The cost for half day outreach is £3 per pupil, with an additional flat rate charge of £20 towards transport costs.

National Curriculum Link: 

History - Key Stage 2: A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils historical knowledge beyond 1066. 

Develop a chronologically secure knowledge. 

Use of historical terms. 

Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources. 

Address and devise historically valid questions. 

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