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Remembrance, loss and sacrifice

Lesson Plan

1. Starter: Why remember? - Duration 5-10 mins

 

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Learning Objectives

Resources
  • Start the class with a discussion about important things that we remember using Slides 2-5 Then go on to discuss and explain what is meant by 'Remembrance' (Slides 6-7).
  • Identify important things that we remember.
  • Learn what is meant by 'Remembrance'.
  • Slides

Teacher Notes: 1. Starter: Why remember?Teacher Notes: 1. Starter: Why remember?

2: What are Memorials? - Duration 10-15 mins

 

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Learning Objectives

Resources
  • Students are required to identify war memorials from a selection of images.
  • Explain the significance and meaning of war memorials and define what is meant by a veteran.
  • Group discussion about the importance of remembering members of the Armed Forces who have died and the appropriate use of war memorials.
  • Students work in pairs to write down thoughts.
  • Learn about the different kinds of global war memorials and their purpose.
  • Understand what is meant by veteran.
  • Share thought, ideas and debate.
  • Slides
  • Student Worksheet 1

Teacher Notes: 2: What are Memorials?Teacher Notes: 2: What are Memorials?

3. Remembering past, present and future - Duration 10-15 mins

 

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Learning Objectives

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  • Introduce the Armed Forces Memorial and explain what makes it unique. Use the Memorial to discuss the different ways in which members of the Armed Forces die and which members should be remembered.
  • Learn how the Armed Forces Memorial is unique.
  • Understand the scale of lost lives in the Armed Forces since the Second World War.
  • Slides

Teacher Notes: 3. Remembering past, present and futureTeacher Notes: 3. Remembering past, present and future

4. Personal stories - Duration 15-20 mins

 

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Learning Objectives

Resources
  • Play Video 1 which presents a range of friends and families talking about their lost loved ones - past and present.
  • Revisit the students' questions and answers on Student Worksheet 1 to find out if their feelings have changed.
  • Learn about past and present events that have resulted in the death of servicemen and women.
  • Appreciate how the loss of a service man or woman impacts on friends, families and colleagues.
  • Video: Personal accounts of loss
  • Slide
  • Student Worksheet 1

Teacher Notes: 4. Personal storiesTeacher Notes: 4. Personal stories

5. Plenary - Duration 5-10 mins

 

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Learning Objectives

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  • Acknowledge and discuss service sacrifice to reflect on learning.
  • Research skills.
  • Appreciation of a veterans' experience of war.
  • Video: HRH Prince Charles and remembrance
  • Slide

Teacher Notes: 5. PlenaryTeacher Notes: 5. Plenary

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