What are we remembering on Remembrance Day?

Know that Remembrance Day has its origins in events in the past which really happened; appreciate that Remembrance Day touches directly on some people's lives today through their personal experience of war in the past and/or now; sequence the main events covered in the unit; recognise that there are different types of evidence for these events; ask appropriate questions and gather information from different sources of evidence; communicate their findings through speaking, writing and drawing.

Teaching Resources

British Legion School Pack
The main pack can be used as a classroom wall chart and the separate worksheets to generate activities about History and Citizenship both inside and outside the classroom.
www.britishlegion.org.uk

Woodlands Junior School, Tonbridge http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Remembrance.html Explains what is Remembrance Day and the reason behind the poppy. Also poetry.

Smartboard Resource - (Greenwich ICT)

Smartboard Resource - (Smart Education)

BBC Sites
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A653924
Historical overview of Remembrance Day/Poppy Day

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/remembrance/history/index.shtml
The significance of the poppy and the two minutes silence, the history of The Cenotaph and the involvement of The Scouts.

Lesson Resources from the BBC
There are three pdf documents - lesson plans, resource photographs and sources.