This resource contains a fully editable, simple text, poignant 79 slide PowerPoint presentation on Armistice Day / Remembrance Day / Remembrance Sunday / Poppy Day. The resource could be used for an assembly or series of assemblies leading up to Remembrance Day or for use with a tutor group.
The PowerPoint focuses on:
What is Remembrance Day?
World War 1
Armistice Day
Remembrance Day
The Poppy
The British Legion
How those soldiers who gave their lives are remembered
The resource contains extracts from a soldier’s diary, hyperlinks to a recitation of Rudyard Kipling’s My Boy Jack, World War 1 veteran, Edward Francis’ poem about his friend ‘Spotty’, a short interview with Harry Patch - the last surviving member of the World War 1 from any country, Rupert Brooke’s poem ‘The Soldier’, John McCrae’s poem ‘In Flanders Fields’, interviews with other veterans of the First World War, the song ‘The Green Fields of France’ by John McDermott, a recitation of Moina Michael’s poem ‘We Shall Keep the Faith.’
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Remembrance Day Two Minute Silence Slideshow
This is a 65 slide presentation designed to be used for the 2 minutes silence. It begins with the Last Post and ends with the Reveille and has been set to play automatically. The powerful and poignant images have been carefully selected and show scenes of
World War 1
World War 2
Current soldiers in the Armed Forces
War Graves
War memorials
This slide show will help pupils who find it difficult to focus during the two minutes silence to understand why we have Remembrance Day and what was like for both the soldiers on the front line and their families back home. The slides could also be used for follow-up work with the pupils to provoke discussion and provide a stimulus for writing activities and for display purposes.
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