British Council has joined forces with The FA, Premier League + Football League to commemorate the 1914 Christmas Truce. The pack includes photos, eye-witness accounts + letters from soldiers. Perspectives from British, French, Belgian, German + Indian witnesses are included with activities for English, language, drama, art, sport, history + moral education.
Schools are invited to design a memorial with the winner chosen by The Duke of Cambridge + Arsenal/ England forward Theo Walcott to be built at the National Memorial Arboretum. http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/football-remembers
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Some excellent resources, well-presented - particularly useful for football-mad kids who might not otherwise engage well with history. Based on impressive archival research, and sources are re-presented beautifully. However in exhorting teachers that 'whatever else you do, think about the courage of the soldiers in the trenches in 1914' the pack reveals its politics. Thus while it is very good on the truces, it is weak on the causes of the war and the broader political and moral significance of the truces.
I am starting a week long literacy sequence on this topic with Year 5 starting on Monday - this is a fantastic kick off!
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