World war one workshop for primary schools.
This educational, exciting and moving workshop provides a depth of understanding of the Great War in an impactful, but sensitive and age-appropriate manner.
Supported by WW1 artefacts and information boards, this workshop will covers topics such as:
- How did World War I start?
- “It’ll be over by Christmas”
- The involvement of the British Empire
- A war of propaganda
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- Life in the trenches
- Maximum fire power and the dawn of new technology
- Tactics
- “The darkest hour before the dawn…”
- Germany’s eventual surrender.
Towards the end of the workshop, a final round up of the closing stages of the war will be held including a moment of reflection with the pupils. Workshop leaders will discuss the immediate aftermath of the war and the leadup to the Second World War.
Workshop Detail
Presented by Mike Everest, Russ Spicer, Carl Mitchley or Dan Shadrake, the workshop requires the use of the school hall for maximum effectiveness.