War memorials: Rationale

• Students have completed a sequence of lessons on the fighting on the Western Front and on ways this has been interpreted through poetry, film, novel, etc. before doing this work.

• Refer to Andrew Wrenn's article in Teaching History on memorial sites, 'Emotional Response or Objective Enquiry' May 1998 Issue 91.

• The GREAT criteria refers to Rob Phillips significance criteria as set out in his Teaching History article.

• Refer to Christine Counsell's article on significance in Teaching History Issue 114.

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