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War Poetry |
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75 pages of detailed, ready-formatted notes and task sheets on
war poetry, based on many years of teaching it to Year 12. Focuses on the poetry of World War 1 and that of the 1960s
anti-war movement. |
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Contents:
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Introduction |
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Suggested approach |
4 |
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Brief History of World War 1 |
5 |
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Cost of the War |
9 |
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Poetry of World War 1 |
10 |
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The Poet's Choice: Sassoon:
'Base Details' |
11 |
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Phase 1: The Illusion |
13 |
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'For the Fallen' |
14 |
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Rupert Brooke |
15 |
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Brooke: 'The Dead' |
16 |
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Brooke: 'The Soldier' |
18 |
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Phase 2: Reality |
21 |
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Siegfried Sassoon |
22 |
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'The Rear-Guard' |
23 |
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'Does It Matter?' |
26 |
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'The General' |
29 |
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Prose or Poetry |
31 |
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Phase 3: the Aftermath |
32 |
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'Memorial Tablet' |
32 |
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Sassoon: A Summary |
35 |
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Wilfred Owen |
36 |
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'Dulce et Decorum Est' |
37 |
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'Futility' |
40 |
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'Anthem for Doomed Youth' |
44 |
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'The Parable of the Old Man and
the Young' |
48 |
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'The Next War' |
51 |
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Owen: a Summary |
53 |
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Sassoon and Owen: a Summary
Comparison |
54 |
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Protest Poetry |
55 |
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Understanding the Vietnam War
& the Anti-war Movement |
57 |
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Protest Poetry Worksheets |
59 |
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Roger McGough Worksheet |
63 |
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McGough: 'Why Patriots are a Bit
Nuts in the Head |
65 |
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Adrian Henri: 'Great War Poems' |
66 |
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Planning and Writing Essay
Answers |
67 |
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Analysing Poetry |
72 |
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Unit Outline |
75 |
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Appendices: Poems |
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Extras: Literary Terms; text
of poems; 1920 review of Owen's poetry; Protest poetry; picture gallery of
maps, paintings, posters, photographs |
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