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Download the complete Last Post: Remembering the First World War Secondary Education pack

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Information sheets (PDF, 152 KB)

Timeline (PDF, 1.4 MB)

These full-colour facsimile archive documents are to use with the Activity Sheets within the pack:

Facsimile documents(PDF, 490.2 KB)

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Introduction, contents, glossary (PDF, 122 KB) 

Programme of study KS3 History (PDF, 96.9 KB)

Using Evidence: Asking Questions (PDF, 880.7 KB)
These activities invite pupils to consider the soldiers in the photograph(s). By looking at the photographs and asking questions they should be able to gain an understanding of why the picture(s) were taken. They then use their imagination to become one of the soldiers, expressing their emotions when the photograph was taken.

Chronology: Empathy: Sergeant Brookes Riflemen Harry Brown & William Newman (PDF, 2.26 MB)
These activities focus on a selection of diary extracts written by Sgt Brookes. Pupils are given a scenario and have to write a postcard as Sgt Brookes, using the information from his diary extracts. 

The next set of activities focus on empathy through literacy. Pupils are introduced to two soldiers. They are asked to write from the perspective of Harry’s mother. They are then asked to write another William who is faced with writing his final letter home.

Citizenship: Sergeant A. Knight VC 1917 & Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry VC 2004 (PDF, 934 KB)
These activities focus on the experiences of the two men. Pupils are asked to research and consider the soldiers experiences'. 

Enquiry:  The role of the Post Office (PDF, 412 KB)

• Part 1- Citizenship & Human rights.  These activities are intended to provoke debate and discussion by considering the rights of the individual.
• Part 2- Censorship. These activities focus on the censoring of mail during the First World War through the use of primary source evidence.
•  KS3 English - Writing Part 2 – the Karl Lody Story. These activities focus on the story surrounding the capture and execution of the first German spy during the First World War. 

The role of women in the Post Office. (GCSE Modern World History) (PDF, 350 KB)
These activities focus on the use of primary evidence. They look at the reasons why women might have been employed before 1914.  Pupils are asked a series of questions, based on the evidence, to establish if attitudes to women employees changed during the years 1914-1918.  Note: it is assumed that pupils will have sufficient prior knowledge on the women’s suffrage movement.

Organisation & Communication: What are we remembering on Remembrance Day? (PDF, 467 KB)
These activities ask pupils to reflect on their outcomes from the above activities. They can then combine them with further research. Working together to establish their understanding of why Remembrance Day is such an important aspect of British life.