Resources for Teachers: Key Stage 4
In this area you can find First World War teaching and learning resources for key stage 4 (14-16 years). The resources listed on this website are available for inclusion within your teaching, LA websites, school websites or learning platforms and other external services with reference to the author and a link to the First World War Poetry Digital Archive.For further information see the permitted use section.
How Poetry Works
This course pack brings together resources from the First World War Poetry Digital Archive and the Great War Archive websites produced by the University of Oxford for teachers of Key Stage 3 English.
- Type: Resource Pack
- Subject: English Literature
- Author: Stuart Lee, University of Oxford
- Download the How Poetry Works resource pack (15.4 MB)
Wilfred Owen and Realism
By looking at visual and other evidence, in the archives, it aims to raise the issue of realism in Owen's verse. The pathway ends by asking students to write an essay on Owen and realism.
- Type: Pathway
- Subject: Literature
- Author: City of London School
- Launch Wilfred Owen and Realism pathway
Propaganda and Censorship
Britain and the First World War, Propaganda and Censorship. Suitable for AQA History B Paper 1.
- Type: Pathway
- Subject: AQA History B
- Author: Huw Jones, History Faculty, Magdalen College School, Oxford
- Launch Propaganda and Censorship pathway
The role of Imperial Troops during WW1
This resource pack brings together materials on some of the Imperial Troops that served in the First World War.
- Type: Resource Pack
- Subject: History
- Author: Huw Jones, History Faculty, Magdalen College School, Oxford
- Download The role of Imperial Troops during WW1 resource pack (52 MB)
Trench Warfare
A short video made by the First World War Poetry Digital Archive taking viewers through some of the features associated with trench warfare on the Western Front during World War One.
- Type: Film
- Subject: History
- Author: Everett Sharp, University of Oxford
- Download the Trench Warfare film (18.7 MB)
Trench Life
A brief guide to life and conditions in the trenches on the Western Front.
- Type: Pathway
- Subject: History
- Author: Stuart Lee, University of Oxford
- Launch the Trench Life pathway
Women and the First World War
Contains a PowerPoint and sets of images and films to explore the role of women in the First World War, as well as the feminist movement.
- Type: Resource Pack
- Subject: History
- Author: Kate Lindsay, University of Oxford
- Download the Women and the First World War resource pack (12.6 MB)
- Download the full-length film (optional):Women and the First World War (18.6 MB)