Great War Living History

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  • Educational Guided History, Secondary School

Curriculum Included

Key Highlights

  • Tailored to meet your requirements
  • Extensive range of period uniform, weaponry & kit
  • Great for younger students
  • Our team of historical interpreters will be in character
  • Designed to entertain & engage
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About this experience

If you're not able to take your students on a battlefield tour why not let Anglia bring this experience to you?

Our ‘Great War Living History’ days cover a range of topics, such as ‘Life at the Front’, ‘Shot at Dawn’ or ‘Going into Action’. Each is led by an experienced battlefield guide in period uniform selected for their ability to engage with younger students.

Through a series of presentations, each delivered in character by our team of historical interpreters, Anglia’s ‘Great War Living History’ days are a fantastic way to educate, engage and entertain your students.

We tailor each Living History day to meet to your specific requirements. Supported by an extensive selection of period uniforms, weaponry and kit our team can cover a wide range of topics – all you have to do is choose those that will interest you and your students, the most.

The Living History Experience

Study Themes

Key Study Themes

During your Living History experience your guide will cover a range of topics including 

  • Recruitment and drill
  • The development of the uniform and equipment
  • An opportunity to dress up in WW1 uniform and handle period equipment
  • Treatment and care of the wounded
  • The Christmas truce
  • Going up the line, trench warfare and routine, life in the trenches
  • New weapons, gas, the tank, the aeroplane
  • Trench raids
  • Home front, conscientious objectors, role of women
  • Military discipline – executions on the Western Front
  • The end of the war – The Cost and Remembrance

Your price will include

  • Tailor-made programme
  • Historical interpreters
  • Full or half day sessions
  • Fully-authentic period uniforms and equipment

Why choose Anglia for Guided History Trips?

At Anglia we care about our customers, our staff, the places we visit, the stories we tell and the organisations we work with. These key principles define who we are and what we do. We believe they are also the reason why Anglia is the market leader in fully-guided history trips for UK schools. We work with you to design a bespoke tour which meets the specific needs of your school and which supports what you are teaching in class. We start by asking what you want your students to see and what you want them to experience then build the tour around these requirements. A tour which, as the testimonials on our website show, your students will find thought-provoking, engaging and enjoyable.

Please can you pass on my thanks to both John and Sean who did a fantastic job as our guides on Friday. They were engaging and exceptionally knowledgeable which was noted by both staff and pupils. I would thoroughly recommend you as a tour provider, and hope to use you guys again in the future!

We definitely will be looking to re-book with you for next academic year
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