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King's College London students evacuated to Bristol, 1940 |
Regular Sessions for AS/A2
Life in Nazi Germany 1933-1939
Students are introduced to the story of Werner Lehmann, a German teenager from Leipzig who kept up a strong correspondence with his American pen pal Howard throughout the 1930s. Through Werner’s letters and postcards and a range of other source material from our Collections, students can piece together a picture of what it was like to live in Nazi Germany in the years leading up to the Second World War.
The session offers students the opportunity to practice their source evaluation skills through the analysis of artefacts, documents, photographs, film and oral history. It has direct links to both the AQA and Edexcel syllabuses, and has been designed to promote group-working, critical thinking and discussion.
Dates: Regular sessions, see table for dates
Times: 10.30am and 2.00pm
Session length: 90 minutes
Suitability: Year 12. Background knowledge helpful.
Party size: Maximum 32
Cost: £90 per session
Touching the Past
How can artefacts enrich our understanding of the past? By combining original artefacts with replicas of items used during the Holocaust, this handling session explores key aspects of the historical narrative, challenges students to consider what is meant by ‘authenticity’ and asks how historians construct an understanding of the past. This workshop can stand alone or be combined with a visit to The Holocaust Exhibition.
Dates: Throughout term by special arrangement
Times: By arrangement
Session length: 90 minutes
Suitability: AS/A2
Party size: Maximum 32
Cost: £90 per session
War Artists and Poets
Working in groups, students examine and evaluate artefacts, photographs, documents, paintings and poems comparing and contrasting the work produced by artists and poets during the First World War. They investigate the similarities and differences in approaches and the impact of the finished works looking at artists such as Paul Nash, Christopher Nevinson and John Singer-Sargent and the poets Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen.
Dates: Throughout term by special arrangement
Times: 10.30am and 2.00pm
Session length: 90 minutes
Suitability: AS/A2
Cost: £90 per session
Welcome Home
This session examines the psychological and physical impact of trench warfare on the individual, incorporating a range of approaches, including gallery investigation, an actor-in-role and examination of archival material from the Museum Collections.
The actor-in-role will play the part of a First World War soldier in a trench or a VAD nurse. Both will set the context for the session by focusing on the dangers of being in or near to the front line and the resulting effects of this.
The students will then investigate Wilfred Owen’s poem, ‘Disabled’. The activity will encourage debate about Owen’s interpretation of a soldier ‘impaired’ by war. The students will produce group interpretations of the poem using a range of artefacts, posters, photographs and documents. The session also aims to develop understanding of the social, cultural and historical context in which the poem was written.
Dates: 9, 10, 11 November
Times: 10.00am and 1.30pm
Session length: 120 minutes
Suitability: Years 10-11, AQA GCSE English Literature Specification B: War poets post-1914
Party size: Maximum 30
Literature and Poetry of the First World War Conference
Places still available. Please telephone 020 7416 5446 or email hstride@iwm.org.uk
This day will focus on the poetry produced in response to the First World War, looking in particular at the poets featured in The Oxford Book of War Poetry, edited by Jon Stallworthy. Students will have the opportunity to discover more about the historical context behind the poetry and analyse various poems. Speakers Jon Stallworthy, Emeritus Professor of English at Wolfson College, Oxford University, and Mario Petrucci, former Poet-in-Residence.
Main sources used for afternoon workshops, Scars Upon My Heart, Catherine Reilly, Up the Line to Death, Brian Gardner and the Oxford Book of War Poetry, Jon Stallworthy.
Dates: 20 November 2009 and 12 March 2010
Times: 10.30am - 4.00pm
Suitability: GCE English Literature in particular, AS Option b, World War One Literature AQA Syllabus
Cost: £15 per student. One free teacher with every ten students.
Please note that there will be a morning and lunch break, but refreshments will not be provided.
