In Flanders Fields Workbook and Video
Price: £39.99 (Excluding VAT at 20%)
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Subject: English Literature
Level: Secondary
Age Group: 14 - 16
Order Number: 5162
Ideal for OCR GCSE 'Opening Lines' anthology as this poem is a set poem from 2006 for section H 'war', this outstanding new National Board of Canada production should be in every school and every senior student should see it every year. The film explores the life of Dr. John McCrae, provides an analysis of the iconic poem 'In Flanders Fields', has a clear examination of the battle of Ypres and discusses what caused McCrae to write the poem.
The film comes with a teacher resource booklet written in the UK with a clear awareness of how First World War poetry is taught at GCSE and A level (including Unit 6 of the AQA syllabus at A level). Obviously many teach the poetry of war but this film and booklet provide marvellous support for those teaching 'Journey's End', 'Regeneration', the poetry of Ivor Gurney and similar material. The resource is firstly, and most obviously, about John McCrae's life, poetry and impact. It also looks at the whole area of 'war literature'. Particular care has been taken to find material not usually available in school resources, there are further poems by McCrae, poems in response to 'In Flanders Fields', poems by Charles Sorley, Isaac Rosenberg, Henry Lawson, Ada Lowell, and a diary extract, letter, a memoir and more.
You need this film and resource. It will service you well during every Remembrance Day and it will enrich your teaching of literature of the time.
