Trench Tales: Part One

Tuesday 9 June 2020

Trenches
Age 9-11 (KS2)

Age 11-14 (KS3)

What can you uncover by looking at a photograph?

Join IWM expert Ngaire this week as she helps us reveal fascinating stories that the objects in our museums hold. Discover personal stories from the First World War, from the trenches to the home front.

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Part of the Adventures in History series created during the UK lockdown in Spring 2020.

Curriculum Links and Learning Objectives

KS3/4 - Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world, 1901-present.
GCSE - Warfare and British society, c1250-Present.
To explore the experiences of soldiers on the front line during the First World War.

Brilliant Biscuits

Your mission is to go back in time to 1914 Australia and New Zealand and bake a First World War recipe.

What do you think it would be like to receive these homemade biscuits when you’re a long way from home?

Watch the mission briefing

More on life in the trenches

An officer of the 9th Battalion, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) leads the way out of a sap during the spring battles of 1917.

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More on life in the trenches

Find out more life in the trenches by examining objects from IWM's collections, from a shovel to a special helmet.

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School visits to IWM London

Discover the stories of lives shaped by war and conflict from 1914 until the present day. Step into the iconic atrium, explore the brand new Second World War Galleries and experience our new learning facilities.

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Purpose-built to tell the powerful stories of over a century of war, IWM North makes full use of its extraordinary exhibition space to deliver an award-winning immersive experience.

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