Tes Secondary: Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day resources to commemorate the soldiers who fought and died in the line of duty

Tes Resources Team

Remembrance Day and Poppy scene for Secondary resource

Make Remembrance Day memorable for all using this selection of lessons and activities

As Remembrance Day is a significant annual event worldwide, it is important to encourage students to be reflective learners and explore the reasons why tributes are paid each year to commemorate lives lost to war.

With this in mind, we have hand-picked a selection of presentations, activities and lessons to help you to prepare as 11 November approaches.

English & Languages

Remembrance Day - Descriptive Writing
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Remembrance Day - Descriptive Writing

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This lessons helps students to understand the true horror and terror of the First World War and life in the trenches,as well as the thoughts and feelings of soldiers going over the top. We look at how a writer can be begin and end a descriptive piece in order to have the most impact on the reader. T...
Stories for Remembrance KS3 Book Club
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Stories for Remembrance KS3 Book Club

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In partnership with the Royal British Legion we've developed new resources based on a range of fiction and non-fiction extracts, to help you explore Remembrance through a book club and discussions with your Key Stage 3 students. Showcasing experiences from past and present conflicts, these extract...

Maths and Science

Humanities

The Trenches / Remembrance Day PPT
Phil @icHistory

The Trenches / Remembrance Day PPT

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Useful for any lesson on Trench Warfare and have used to good effect for Remembrance Day assemblies. Most effective of soundtrack is left to play. Supported with sources and empathy exercise.
The end of WW1
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The end of WW1

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This lesson has been created for KS3 secondary history students and covers the End of WW1. This lesson has been created on Microsoft Powerpoint and has an optional accompanying Word Document for students to record their answers on. Additional resources have been created on Powerpoint and Teacher Not...
Remembrance Day
PilgrimHistory

Remembrance Day

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World War I The aim of this lesson is to understand the importance of the Poppy on Armistice Day. The lesson is split into two parts. The first part of the lesson analyses the causes of the war ending in 1918. Using a causal spiders web (an idea taken from Emily Thomas), students link the ideas...
10 - Why did Germany surrender and sign the armistice
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10 - Why did Germany surrender and sign the armistice

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Lesson 10 of 12 in a Year 9 scheme of work for World War One. This lesson focuses on reasons for Germany's surrender and the signing of Armistice. Lesson includes a PowerPoint with Bronze, Silver, Gold objectives, differentiation opportunities and stretch activities. All worksheets, resources...