Optional Remembrance lesson: What can we learn from a soldier’s story?
Investigating the life of Walter Tull through photographs and sources to learn how individual stories help us remember the past.
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Learning objective
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1. Recap and recall
You may want to check the children can recall:
What and when Remembrance Day is.
Who is remembered on Remembrance Day.
Why some people wear the poppy.
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In this unit
Assessment – History Y2: How was school different in the past?Lesson 1: Were schools different in the past?Lesson 2: How have schools changed within living memory?Lesson 3: How were schools different in the 1900s?Lesson 4: How have schools changed?Lesson 5: What is similar and different about schools now and in the past?Lesson 6: Would you prefer to have gone to school in the past?
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 1 July 2026
