{"id":2934,"date":"2014-10-10T14:11:26","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T11:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=2934"},"modified":"2013-11-19T14:12:05","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T11:12:05","slug":"remembrance-day-introductory-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/history-teachers\/remembrance-day-introductory-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembrance Day: Introductory Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/_REMEMBRANCE\/0_Assembly\/1_Assembly.doc\">The Introductory Assembly<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/_REMEMBRANCE\/0_Assembly\/1_Assembly.doc\">This assembly<\/a> outlines how every single year group in the school will be provided with a different task relating to Remembrance.<br \/>\nThe assembly focuses on conflicts taking place around the world to provide contemporary relevance every signly year.<br \/>\nIt can be adapted using this <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_ongoing_military_conflicts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia Page of current conflicts<\/a> for the most up-to-date information, and an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalconflictmap.com.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">image of world conflicts today<\/a>.<\/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<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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 current conflicts for the most&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/history-teachers\/remembrance-day-introductory-assembly\/\">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-2934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-20th-century","category-history-teachers"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2926,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/history-teachers\/remembrance-day-current-conflicts\/","url_meta":{"origin":2934,"position":0},"title":"Remembrance Day: Current Conflicts","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"October 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Current Conflicts \u201cRemembrance Day commemorates not just past wars, but also current ones too. 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This exercise involves students researching a range of different charities, debating their respective merits and deciding which should be the \u2018official\u2019 charity that the school should support this year. Could be a particularly good student council project \/ assembly (e.g. student council presents\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":2892,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/year-7-history\/remembrance-day-worksheets-and-lesson-plans-for-secondary-students-year-7-to-year-13\/","url_meta":{"origin":2934,"position":2},"title":"Remembrance Day Worksheets and Lesson Plans for Secondary Students Year 7 to Year 13","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"October 29, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Remembrance Day, 11th November, enables the school community to think about the tragedy of war, reflecting on how it can be avoided and how its victims should be commemorated and supported. 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