Browse Pathways (86 total)
Propaganda and Censorship
AQA History B
Paper 1 - Britain and the First World War
Propaganda and Censorship
Love in a time of war
This pathway is intended for students exploring texts related to relationships in the First World War. The pathway has a particular relevance for students studying the First World War Option at AS level for AQA Specification A and may also be of use at A2 level for the theme 'Love Through the Ages'. CONSIDER DEVELOPING FURTHER WITH REFS TO male-female RELATIONSHIPS, FRIENDSHIPS AMONG WOMEN??
Welsh Poet Hedd Wyn
Background information about Ellis Humphrey Evans (Hedd Wyn) the Welsh poet who was killed during the First World War. This is to provide context for those studying the craft of the film-maker (for the film 'Hedd Wyn' - a set work for study at the Welsh Second Language exam at AS level).
LTA6
Have a look at these resources relating to the canonical authors of LTA6 interest.
A Selection of First World War Poetry
Here you can read a selection of poems that are included in the First World War Poetry Digital Archive. Some poems are further illustrated with images of manuscript variants.
Dean Echenberg
I have been a collector of war poetry for over 40 years and I have managed to accumulate over 5500 volumes. I hope that someday the collection will be placed in an academic setting. It can be seen online at war-poetry.com or warpoetrycollection.com
German First World War Writing
This pathway contains introductory and contextual material on 7 German First World War writers. It is designed as a starting point for your own independent research.
-- Remarque, Im Westen nichts Neues (1929)
-- Flex, Der Wanderer zwischen beiden Welten (1917)
-- Jünger, In Stahlgewittern (1920)
-- Renn, Krieg (1928)
-- Plievier, Des Kaisers Kulis (1930)
-- Schauwecker, Aufbruch der Nation (1929)
-- Köppen, Heeresbericht (1930)
Rosenberg
the drafting process - an analysis/lessons/scheme
Blunden
An exploration of how real events are transformed into literary texts, focusing on Edmund Blunden's poetry and 'Undertones of War'.
Poems mentioned include:
A House in Festubert
Third Ypres
Colonial Subjects in WWI and British Subjects in the Colonies
The aim of this pathway is to provide an example of the ways in which British colonial subjects participated, witnessed and responded to WWI. Both the global and national context of the war will be considered (e.g. British Indian and British African troops fighting in Europe and British troops fighting in Africa and Palestine) and it is hoped that the examples of writing (e.g. poetry and letters) and images catalogued here will prompt other researchers to develop this field further.
