CLD - The History of the Poppy
- darren8027
- Nov 19, 2020
- 3 min read
Activity 1:
Work with someone at home. Click on the links below and talk about the activities, situations and types of people you see in the pictures. Here’s some ideas:
What have you seen before? Where/when?
Are there things you see that you don’t understand or haven’t seen before?
What do you know about poppies? – Why do people wear them, have you worn one before?
Do you know the story about why the poppy is so important?
You could write down your ideas in a notebook, type them in document on your laptop, on your notes on phone, or even record you conversation on your phone, using voice recorder.
You can print out the images if you want to colour them in, or collect some copies when you are at Parklea.
EXTRA – If you prefer to look at photos , you could look on Google for images of Remembrance Day in UK and discuss these pictures instead.
ACTIVITY 2:
Now watch “The Poppy Story Flipbook” video, which tells you all about how the poppy became the symbol of remembrance and how poppies are made.
Flipbook story (6mins 50mins) – includes reading of In Flanders Field poem by Scottish reader.
Can you answer these questions? (Watch video again before you try if you want:
What is special about 11th Nov?
What is remembrance day?
What do people do on remembrance day?
What happens to the money you give for poppies?
What do you remember the most about the story?
What images do you remember most?
Remember and answer in any way you like – speaking, writing, typing – you choose!
ACTIVITY 3:
Now, why not have a go at writing a poppy poem, just like WW1 soldier, John MacRae? :
Imagine you are walking in the poppy fields. You might want to watch a short video, from BBC, to help your imagination get started. You might also go for a walk around Parklea or your garden at home and practise thinking about all your senses.
https://youtu.be/jeR5JWaIcpo (BBC Poppies video-animation showing war from animals point of view)
Make a poem by adding your own words on the end of each of these sentences.
I see,
I hear,
I smell,
I feel,
You could write as if you were a rabbit in the video : what you imagine seeing, hearing, smelling and feeling in wartime and then write what you see, hear, smell and feel and the fighting is finished and the poppies grow.
And you can always record yourself speaking first – then try and write down the words when you are happy with what you’ve said. Don’t worry about spelling – you can always use your poem to work on this later if you want to.
Thank you everyone. I hope you give this a go and let me know what you think.
Please e-mail any responses to laura.finlay@inverclyde.gov.uk, or get in touch if you have any questions.
Many animals were very frightened by war, like the rabbits in the video, but did you know that lots of animals also helped us humans in wars?
The next set of activities I did with James and Ian were about animals in war –
Would you like to learn more? – Watch this space – activities will be posted soon. Don’t forget to comment, on these posts please.
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