History at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 2)
Unit 17: What are we remembering on Remembrance Day?
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Section 1: Why are people wearing poppies this week?
Children should learn:
- that symbols may represent commemorative events
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Section 2: Who do we remember on Remembrance Day?
Children should learn:
- to use historical sources in the locality to find out information
- how to record their findings so they can demonstrate to other people what they have learnt
- to ask and answer relevant questions from the past
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Section 3: Why do we have Remembrance Day?
Children should learn:
- that commemorations are linked to specific events in the past which really happened
- when World War I and Armistice Day occurred
- why specific symbols are associated with commemorations
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Section 4: What happens on Remembrance Day?
Children should learn:
- how some historic events are commemorated by pageantry or celebrations, which usually stay the same every year
- to compare and contrast information about remembrance
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Section 5: Why is it important to remember?
Children should learn:
- that some important events are commemorated by people in Britain and the wider world
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