Poppies and Poetry: A Residential Trip to Ypres
Poppies and Poetry: A Residential Trip to Ypres Travel & Tourism For young learners, going beyond the classroom to explore the sites where history was forged during WWI takes curricular learning to an elevated level, and brings the events of the past into sharp focus. Secondary teachers looking for a way to inspire pupils to a greater understanding of wartime in the context of local and global history should consider a school trip to Ypres, in the Belgian province of Flanders, where so many of the most significant battles of WWI unfolded. In Flanders Fields Museum The most important educational resource in the region is the outstanding In Flanders Fields Museum, which provides an extensive insight into the story of WWI in West Flanders. Dedicated to upholding the heritage of this monumental historical event and the memory of the more than 600,000 who fell, the museum is representative of not only the facts, but also the human experiences of war and its effect on contemp...