war project launch

TAKE YOUR SEATS

PREPARE FOR FURTHER

INSTRUCTIONS

3 SUBJECTS

2 TERMS

1 PROJECT

WAR &

CONFLICT

HOW

DOES

WAR

AFFECT

US

IN

CLEVEDON?

HOW DOES WAR

AFFECT US IN

CLEVEDON?

CLEVEDON WAR GRAVES

CLEVEDON’S WAR MEMORIALS

CLEVEDON’S WAR MEMORIALS

WHY DO WEREMEMBER?

SHOULD WE

REMEMBER?

HOW CAN WE REMEMBER?

IS IT IMPORTA

NT?

IT IS IMPORT

ANT

CLEVEDON WAR MUSEUM•9th – 11th

November•All students to create an exhibit for the museum•Community to be invited

Visit to Imperial War Museum

SHOWCASE•10th – 14th December• Parents to be invited to showcase od students’ project work• Students to show all the work they have produced in English, History and Art over two terms

ENGLISH

Why have so many stories been written

about war and conflict?

Why have so many writers written about

war?• To celebrate violence? • To express our feelings about traumatic events and feelings? • To warn others about the consequences of war and conflict?

THE PROJECT• an analytical essay on a war

poem• a persuasive letter to a local business • a piece of creative writing around the theme of war and conflict

HISTORY

How and why did the nature of conflict change in the 20th

century?

Why study military history?• Is to study war, to glorify

it?•Military history has an enduring popularity

War as a catalyst of

change

The development of new

technology

Adjustment of values

Changes in society

How and why did the nature of

conflict change in the 20th century?

Produce your own museum leaflet,

that answers the key question

How? : Civilians become targets

Why? More deadly technology

ART

THE PLAN• 6 lessons per week (English, History & Art)• fortnightly checkpoints as half year groups• visit to Imperial War Museum• Clevedon War Museum – 9th-11th November• Project Showcase 10th – 14th December

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

•Contacts & stories?• Props & memorabilia?• Time & ideas?

Ddidau@clevedon.n-somerset.sch.uk