This lesson contains 15 slides, with text slides and 4 videos.
Lesson duration is: 60 min
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Remembrance Day
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Poppies
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Slide 3 - Video
Remembrance Day
To remember the past and all the people who have served and sacrificed or have been affected by war
To think about today and all the people who are fighting for our way of life
To look forward to the future and hope it will be peaceful
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In Flanders Fields
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In Flanders Fields- John McCrae
1. Who is the speaker of this poem and to whom is the poem addressed?
2. What message is the speaker giving?
3. What does the poet mean when he writes, “If ye break faith with us who die/ We shall not
sleep, though Poppies grow/ In Flanders field”?
4. Describe ways in which we keep faith with the dead in everyday life.
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World War I Poetry
World War I, also known as “The Great War” and “The War to End All Wars,” left more than 16 million soldiers and civilians dead, destabilized the European economy, and caused a large-scale shift of power on the international stage that would ultimately become one of the causes of World War II.
Among the great figures of the war were its documentarians—the poets who served in the war as soldiers or witnessed its effects in their time and responded with their personal accounts. Many of their poems remain well-known today for their unflinching reflections on the tolls of battle.
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Tone
Tone is a literary device a poet or author uses to convey their attitude towards a subject matter, character, belief, or situation. It might also reflect how they feel about the intended audience. Tone is popularly known as the “feel” of a work, and it gives emotional complexity and depth through the use of language, imagery, and other effects.
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Comparing poems
Read Wilfred Owen's “Dulce Et Decorum Est” and Edgar Guest's “The Things That Make a Soldier Great,”
1. Compare and contrast the the tone and message of these two poems.
2. What reasons do soldiers have for fighting (compare reasons during World War I and reasons today – are they the same or different?).
Lesson duration is: 60 min
