Primary education resources

People of the Great War (Imperial War Museum)

Download the Teacher Notes for ideas about how the People of the Great War film can be used in lessons or as an assembly. Notes include subject links, background information, summary notes and a step by step guide to each activity.

People of the Great War, The making of... (Imperial War Museum)

The short Making Of... film explains the processes by which the People of the Great War film was initiated, researched and developed, and is useful as a resource for media studies, English and History lessons.

The Teacher Notes provide ideas and activities about how to use the film in assemblies and in the classroom.

Watch the Making Of... film here

or download it to your school or personal network for free.

What are we remembering on Remembrance Day? (QCA)

QCA offer a Scheme of Work for History key Stage 1 and 2, which encourages children to investigate the origins of Remembrance Day and how its significance has grown to incorporate conflicts up to the present day. Click here to view the scheme of work.

Make your remembrance day a day to remember! (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)

A new project particularly aimed at Years 5 and 6 with downloadable sheets for pupil use. See how to:

  • organise your own Remembrance Day event
  • research war casualties
  • learn about local history in your churchyard or cemetery

Access the resources here: http://www.cwgc.org/education

Who Cares? (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)

A DIY PowerPoint presentation with downloadable notes. It examines many aspects of remembrance, includes a brief history of the CWGC and poses thought-provoking questions about its future.

Access the resources here: http://www.cwgc.org/education

Remembrance assemblies (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)

Two ready-made remembrance assemblies.

Access the resources here: http://www.cwgc.org/education

CWGC Learning Zone website (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)

A user-friendly website containing excellent cross-curricular resources produced by CWGC including:

  • FREE CD Roms and DVDs. For example, One Boy - 10 minute CD-ROM which tells the story of a young British soldier killed on the Somme in the First World War.
  • Downloadable resources. For example, Multicultural headstones - worksheet about the different religious symbols found on headstones.
  • Web-based resources. For example, Glory Days - an interactive game telling the stories of footballers who died in war and other football- related war stories.

Access the resources here: http://www.cwgc.org/learningzone

Radiowaves (IWM and Commonwealth War Graves Commission)

To mark the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War, the Imperial War Museum, in association with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, took a group of prize-winning students from across the UK to visit the battlefields of Northern France and Belgium. The group travelled as Remembrance Ambassadors to sites such as Ypres Salient, Arras and the Somme to discover some of the remarkable stories of men and women who experienced life on the Western Front during the First World War. They shared their experiences, and the histories of the sites and people they encountered along the way, through blogs, videos, vox-pops and audio reports. These are all available for teachers and students to use as stimulus for exciting classroom activities at www.radiowaves.co.uk/90