{"id":2926,"date":"2014-10-22T14:06:29","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T11:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=2926"},"modified":"2013-11-19T14:07:54","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T11:07:54","slug":"remembrance-day-current-conflicts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/history-teachers\/remembrance-day-current-conflicts\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembrance Day: Current Conflicts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/poppy_square.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2893\" alt=\"_poppy_square\" src=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/poppy_square-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/_REMEMBRANCE\/2_Year_08_Causes_of_War\/1_Current_Conflicts.doc\">Current Conflicts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemembrance Day commemorates not just past wars, but also current ones too. In this activity you will research a current conflict, produce a one-slide summary using a PowerPoint template, and then compare it to others in order to reflect on the most common causes of warfare\u201d (there is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/_REMEMBRANCE\/2_Year_08_Causes_of_War\/2_Research_Template.ppt\">research template<\/a> available)<\/p>\n<p>Part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/_REMEMBRANCE\/\">comprehensive set of Remembrance materials for every single year group<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Conflicts \u201cRemembrance Day commemorates not just past wars, but also current ones too. In this activity you will research a current conflict, produce a one-slide summary using a PowerPoint template, and then compare it to others in order to reflect on the most common causes of warfare\u201d (there is a research template available) Part&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/history-teachers\/remembrance-day-current-conflicts\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-20th-century","category-history-teachers"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2934,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/history-teachers\/remembrance-day-introductory-assembly\/","url_meta":{"origin":2926,"position":0},"title":"Remembrance Day: Introductory Assembly","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"October 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Introductory Assembly This assembly outlines how every single year group in the school will be provided with a different task relating to Remembrance. The assembly focuses on conflicts taking place around the world to provide contemporary relevance every signly year. It can be adapted using this Wikipedia Page of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;1900-2000 (GCSE History)&quot;","block_context":{"text":"1900-2000 (GCSE History)","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/category\/historical-periods\/20th-century\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"_poppy_square","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/poppy_square-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2932,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/history-teachers\/remembrance-day-memorials\/","url_meta":{"origin":2926,"position":1},"title":"Remembrance Day: Memorials","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"October 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Memorials \u201cAlmost every village, town and city in Europe has a memorial to a war which affected its community. In this activity you will consider the purpose of such memorials, research one in depth and contrast it with others from around the world using this PowerPoint Template\u201d Part of a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;1900-2000 (GCSE History)&quot;","block_context":{"text":"1900-2000 (GCSE History)","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/category\/historical-periods\/20th-century\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"_poppy_square","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/poppy_square-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1648,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/history-teachers\/resources-holocaust-memorial-day-27th-jan\/","url_meta":{"origin":2926,"position":2},"title":"Resources for Holocaust Memorial Day (27th Jan.)","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"January 8, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Holocaust Memorial Day January 27th is Holocaust Memorial Day. 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