Remembrance

• What can you see in this picture?
• What do you think has happened?
• Why is the fallen soldier painted in pale shades of colour?
• Why are there poppies growing?
• What do you think the poppies represent? Could they represent more than one thing?
• Discuss the contrast between the barbed wire and the poppies.
• What is ‘remembrance’?
• Why is important to remember events from the past?
• Why do we hold a silence to remember events? What if we don’t remember anything of the event (if we weren’t alive at the time)? What should you think about during a minute/two minute silence?
• Why do people wear poppies?
• What can we learn from the events of World War One? What can we apply to our own lives today?
• Find out more here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/15492752

Credit: Jen Betton
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