A Hundred Years of Healing

Key stage

KS1; KS2

Subject

History

Collection

Remembrance

Format

PDF (1mb)

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Mourners in 1920 around the Grave of the Unknown Warrior, Westminster Abbey

Overview

Introduce the Grave of the Unknown Warrior and Remembrance within Westminster Abbey using this pack of history-focused activities. Designed to work in isolation or as part of teaching the topic of Remembrance, explore the memorial’s significance in 1920, and 100 years later, while developing pupils’ enquiry skills. 

Learning objectives

  • To find out about the Grave of the Unknown Warrior by examining photographs
  • To be able to explain how the Grave of the Unknown Warrior came to exist in Westminster Abbey
  • To consider the significance of the Unknown Warrior in the 21st century