MT - Remembrance Day

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

 Remembrance day 

11th November 2023

Remembrance Day

In this lesson you will:

- know what is celebrated on the 11th of November

- learn more about Remembrance Day & WWI

- know the meaning of poppies

Remembrance day

Watch the video:

Remembrance day 11-11

- Poppies in Flanders

- Between 700,000 and 900,000 military deaths / 20 million in total

- Previously known as 'Armistice Day' (armistice = truce = wapenstilstand)

- Trenchwar (loopgravenoorlog)

De Eerste Wereldoorlog

2. De Grote Oorlog

00:41

What is Remembrance Day?

01:01

When is Remembrance Day celebrated? Why then?

01:36

What was the Poppy a symbol of? Why is is connected with the war?

02:13

02:47

Why is the Poppy a symbol?

03:41

Why is 'Lest we Forget' an appropriate theme of Remembrance Day?

In Flanders Fields is one of the most famous war poems. It was written in 1915 by a Canadian military doctor, John McCrae, who saw his friends die on the battlefields in Belgium during World War 1. Flanders, referred to in the poem, is a county in northwest Belgium.

John McCrae wrote the poem in less than an hour. He was very upset after the death of a friend who died in battle, and expressed his feelings through the poem. After writing it, he tossed it in the garbage! Another officer picked it up and sent it to some newspapers in England, where it was soon published.

First impression?

Flanders = Vlaanderen

Poppies = Klaprozen

Larks = Leeuwerikken

Scarce = amper

dawn = schemering voor zonsopkomst

quarrel = ruzie

foe = vijand

Remembrance Day

- What is celebrated / remembered on 11/11

- Why are the poppies an international symbol

- What is 'In Flanders Field' about? 

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Homework for Monday

1. Tell your parents about the lesson. Ask them if they have seen people wearing a poppy?

2. Have you seen a poppy during the weekend?
E.g. on TV or social media.