Key Stages: 1 - 4

Description

Genre: History, War Time
CD Volume 1:
1: Opening
2: Tom in hospital
3: Flashback to the trenches
4: Tom's last words
5: Vashti's English lesson
6: The PassMaster's introduction
7: 'Dulce et Decorum est' by Owen
8: Tom sheds light on Owen's poem
9: George Santayana's warning
10: The popularity of WWI poetry
11: Tom guides us back to 1914
12: The trenches
13: Why did soldiers write?
14: Amateur poets
15: Summary
16: Leaving for war
17: 'The Call' by Pope
18: Patriotism and jingoism
19: Tom enlists
20: Excerpt from 'Henry V' by Shakespeare
21: Traditional war poetry
22: Excerpt from 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by
23: 'The General' by Sassoon
24: Gallows humour
25: The Victorian poets
26: When and why did poetry change?
27: Glory turned to anger
28: Tom at the Somme
29: Sassoon's anger
30: Poems of pain
31: 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' by Owen
32: Feelings towards politicians
33: Sassoon's life
34: Meet Sassoon
35: Sassoon's declaration
36: Craiglockhart
37: Owen's background
38: Owen's faith
39: Owen and his men
40: Poets must be truthful
41: Owen and Sassoon meet
42: The end of the war for Owen and Sassoon
43: Other WWI poets
44: Isaac Rosenberg
45: Tom loses his best friend
46: Pals battalions
47: 'Peace' by Brooke

CD Volume 2:

1: The poety of Rupert Brooke
2: Leaving for France
3: 'The Send Off' by Owen
4: Tom's send off
5: Letters home
6: Poetry recited in the trenches
7: Excerpt from 'All Quiet on the Western Front' by R
8: Eddie dies at Loos
9: Excerpt from 'All Quiet on the Western Front' by R
10: Living by the little joys
11: 'Into Battle' by Grenfell
12: The poem's analysis
13: Staying sane in warfare
14: 'Spring Offensive' by Owen
15: The poem's analysis
16: 'In Flanders Fields' by McRae
17: Natural references
18: 'Returning, we hear the Larks' by Rosenberg
19: The poem's analysis
20: 'Exposure' by Owen
21: Officers and men
22: Home on leave
23: Excerpt from 'All Quiet on the Western Front' by R
24: Old soldiers recognise each other
25: Gas
26: 'As the Team's Head Brass' by Thomas
27: The war and the countryside
28: Tom on leave
29: 'Disabled' by Owen
30: Tom visits an injured man from his battalion
31: Excerpt from 'All Quiet on the Western Front' by R
32: Living keenly
33: Owen's sensibilities
34: Battle of the Somme