Last Post (History - Literacy - Remembrance)
These educational resources were produced as part of the outreach project Last Post: Remembering the First World War. You can find out more about the project by reading the Last Post Project Report.
Education packs
Two education packs, available free to teachers, which support teaching of Citizenship, Literacy and Remembrance at Primary and Secondary level.
The Primary pack focuses on Literacy and
Remembrance and is aimed at key stages 1 and 2. You can order a hard copy or download a PDF of the pack.
The Secondary pack covers Literacy through History and
Citizenship and is aimed at key stages 3 and 4. Again you can order a hard copy or download a PDF of the pack.
Both packs can be considered to be cross-curricular
and support a rich scheme of work. Teachers can also simply select relevant
individual activities for their class to complete.
Web resources
The education packs are supported by a series of web resources. These can either be browsed at leisure. Alternatively teachers can be guided through the sections relevant to the particular pack they are using by consulting either Primary resources or Secondary resources.
The web resources provide a series of images, soldiers' stories, worksheets and information that can support the use of the packs. The galleries and the History section can also be used in ICT lessons since they do not link to anything outside the BPMA website and are therefore secure for children to browse through.
Last Post site map
- Primary resources - use this section if you want to focus entirely on the resources for the primary pack. The primary resources are divided into:
- Download primary PDF pack - allows you to download the pack in full or in sections. Also provides information on how to order a hard copy.
- Primary gallery - links to the main gallery images through a series of thumbnail images divided up into the themes of the primary pack. This allows teachers to instantly access the image they need for a specific activity.
- Primary soldiers' stories - links to the stories in the main 'Soldiers' stories' section that are specifically relevant to the primary pack.
- Primary History - links to the parts of the Last Post History section that are specifically relevant to the primary pack.
- Secondary resources - use this section if you want to focus entirely on the resources for the secondary pack. The secondary resources are divided into:
- Download secondary PDF pack - allows you to download the pack in full or in sections. Also provides information on how to order a hard copy.
- Secondary gallery - links to the main gallery images through a series of thumbnail images divided up into the themes of the secondary pack. This allows teachers to instantly access the image they need for a specific activity.
- Secondary soldiers' stories - links to the stories in the main 'Soldiers' stories' section that are specifically relevant to the secondary pack.
- Secondary History - links to the parts of the Last Post History section that are specifically relevant to the primary pack.
- Gallery - this is the main Gallery for Last Post. It includes large versions of all the images in both packs and some extra images as well. Use these images to project onto an interactive whiteboard.
- Worksheet bank - this section includes a selection of blank worksheets relevant to the primary and the secondary packs.
- Soldiers' stories - use this section if you want to go straight to all the soldiers' stories that are relevant to both the packs.
- History - this section holds information on various aspects of the Post Office and the First World War. It is relevant to both packs.
- Timeline - the timeline contains a column for the key events of the First World War compared with a column of key events in the Post Office at the same time.
- Local research - using war memorials - this section is a useful guide to using war memorials to help research the First World War in your local area. It also suggests two activities using war memorials.
- Useful links - a series of useful links to support work on both packs.
- Glossary - a glossary of terms used throughout the packs.
