The Battle of the Somme in 1916 was one of the bloodiest battles of World War I, with over 1 million casualties between British, French, and German forces. Bodies were strewn across no man's land between trenches as artillery pounded and casualties mounted on both sides. Both sides believed strongly in their cause but victory came at tremendous human cost, with lives lost in service of their countries and the ideals of freedom and duty. The poem reflects on the solemn remembrance of those who gave their lives in the battle.
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1 Winston Churchill (1874-1965) Speech 4 June 1940,.docxcroftsshanon
1
Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Speech 4 June 1940, House of Commons
From the moment that the French defenses at Sedan and on the Meuse were broken at the end of
the second week of May, only a rapid retreat to Amiens and the south could have saved the British
and French Armies who had entered Belgium at the appeal of the Belgian King; but this strategic
fact was not immediately realized. …
However, the German eruption swept like a sharp scythe around the right and rear of the Armies
of the north. Eight or nine armored divisions, each of about four hundred armored vehicles of
different kinds, but carefully assorted to be complementary and divisible into small self-contained
units, cut off all communications between us and the main French Armies. It severed our own
communications for food and ammunition, which ran first to Amiens and afterwards through
Abbeville, and it shore its way up the coast to Boulogne and Calais, and almost to Dunkirk. Behind
this armored and mechanized onslaught came a number of German divisions in lorries, and behind
them again there plodded comparatively slowly the dull brute mass of the ordinary German Army
and German people, always so ready to be led to the trampling down in other lands of liberties and
comforts which they have never known in their own.
…Thus it was that the port of Dunkirk was kept open. When it was found impossible for the Armies
of the north to reopen their communications to Amiens with the main French Armies, only one
choice remained. It seemed, indeed, forlorn. The Belgian, British and French Armies were almost
surrounded. Their sole line of retreat was to a single port and to its neighboring beaches. They
were pressed on every side by heavy attacks and far outnumbered in the air.
….The enemy attacked on all sides with great strength and fierceness, and their main power, the
power of their far more numerous Air Force, was thrown into the battle or else concentrated upon
Dunkirk and the beaches. Pressing in upon the narrow exit, both from the east and from the west,
the enemy began to fire with cannon upon the beaches by which alone the shipping could approach
or depart. They sowed magnetic mines in the channels and seas; they sent repeated waves of hostile
aircraft, sometimes more than a hundred strong in one formation, to cast their bombs upon the
single pier that remained, and upon the sand dunes upon which the troops had their eyes for shelter.
Their U-boats, one of which was sunk, and their motor launches took their toll of the vast traffic
which now began. For four or five days an intense struggle reigned. All their armored divisions-
or what Was left of them-together with great masses of infantry and artillery, hurled themselves in
vain upon the ever-narrowing, ever-contracting appendix within which the British and French
Armies fought.
Meanwhile, the Royal Navy, with the willing help of countless merchant seamen, strain.
Remembrance and memorials: constructing cultural memoryHannakf
Warhorse or Regeneration? Birdsong or Blackadder? How have novels and films contributed to the construction – or reconstruction – of national memory? Focusing on the gap between the experience of war and its memorialisation, this workshop will exemplify ways in which the classroom can develop critical reading skills and awareness of key cultural concepts.
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That marks our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high.
Writing Assignment–Art, Expression, &the Great WarDirections.docxmaryettamckinnel
Writing Assignment
–
Art, Expression, &
the Great War
Directions:
Essays should be doubled
-
spaced, size 12 font, with one inch margins all around.
Essays must be a minimum of 1
page
and should be a maximum of 3
pages.
All references from the textbook
or documents must be cited parenthetically (
Tindall
, pg) or (Author)
.
All references to the art
must
be cited parenthetically by an abbreviated
title
and artist (
Wounded, Dix).
All references to the
memorials must be cited parenthetically by the title (Sk
eleton Memorial).
No bibliography is needed for your essays.
The required heading is only your name and a page number in the top right hand corner of each page.
Writing Assignment:
In the aftermath of the Great War the world changed in extremely
dramatic ways.
For example
,
t
he 19
th
A
mendment gave women the right to vote which changed
the
role of women; the "Great M
igration
"
and
Harlem
Renaissance
changed the lives of African
-
Americans
;
the advent of radio and the growth of Hollywood
shrank the c
ountry; and the birth of the age of the automobile made people more mobile and free. Y
our
weekly
textb
ook reading will detail
these changes
and others during the 1920s and examine their effect on
society, while this week's writing assignment will look at t
he
effect
of
WWI
on individuals and
s
ociety.
While the world changed around them, many individuals and cultures were trying to make sense of the pain,
suffering, death and destruction wrought by the years of war. Many
soldiers
expressed themselves during
and
after the war through poetry, literature, art, and
sculpture
, and many societies expressed
their
grief in small
and large memorials and
cemeteries
. The following
sources
are a collection of several
poems
, excerpts from
literature, and images of works
of art and memorials. Read the words and view the images, then
write
a
response paper based on the question
s
below!
Question
:
Read the following poems, look at the works of art, and examine the memorials created by American, British,
Canadian
, French,
and German soldiers that fought
on the Western Front th
roughout World War I. Discuss
how these expressions represent to the world and future generations the nature and impact of the Great War
on individuals and society.
End your essay by answering the ques
tion:
If you had to sum up the
impact of the
Great War in one word, what would that word be?
Some of the questions to consider
when writing your response are:
What do the poems tell us about the
experiences of these soldiers?
How do the works of art expre
ss what the soldiers experienced during the war
and how they are dealing with, or not dealing with, that experience?
What differences can you see between
the
European
and American perspectives on the war?
How do these men view the war and their role there
in?
What strikes you when reading these poems?
You do not need to answer any or all of these specifically, but they might help gi.
1 Winston Churchill (1874-1965) Speech 4 June 1940,.docxcroftsshanon
1
Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Speech 4 June 1940, House of Commons
From the moment that the French defenses at Sedan and on the Meuse were broken at the end of
the second week of May, only a rapid retreat to Amiens and the south could have saved the British
and French Armies who had entered Belgium at the appeal of the Belgian King; but this strategic
fact was not immediately realized. …
However, the German eruption swept like a sharp scythe around the right and rear of the Armies
of the north. Eight or nine armored divisions, each of about four hundred armored vehicles of
different kinds, but carefully assorted to be complementary and divisible into small self-contained
units, cut off all communications between us and the main French Armies. It severed our own
communications for food and ammunition, which ran first to Amiens and afterwards through
Abbeville, and it shore its way up the coast to Boulogne and Calais, and almost to Dunkirk. Behind
this armored and mechanized onslaught came a number of German divisions in lorries, and behind
them again there plodded comparatively slowly the dull brute mass of the ordinary German Army
and German people, always so ready to be led to the trampling down in other lands of liberties and
comforts which they have never known in their own.
…Thus it was that the port of Dunkirk was kept open. When it was found impossible for the Armies
of the north to reopen their communications to Amiens with the main French Armies, only one
choice remained. It seemed, indeed, forlorn. The Belgian, British and French Armies were almost
surrounded. Their sole line of retreat was to a single port and to its neighboring beaches. They
were pressed on every side by heavy attacks and far outnumbered in the air.
….The enemy attacked on all sides with great strength and fierceness, and their main power, the
power of their far more numerous Air Force, was thrown into the battle or else concentrated upon
Dunkirk and the beaches. Pressing in upon the narrow exit, both from the east and from the west,
the enemy began to fire with cannon upon the beaches by which alone the shipping could approach
or depart. They sowed magnetic mines in the channels and seas; they sent repeated waves of hostile
aircraft, sometimes more than a hundred strong in one formation, to cast their bombs upon the
single pier that remained, and upon the sand dunes upon which the troops had their eyes for shelter.
Their U-boats, one of which was sunk, and their motor launches took their toll of the vast traffic
which now began. For four or five days an intense struggle reigned. All their armored divisions-
or what Was left of them-together with great masses of infantry and artillery, hurled themselves in
vain upon the ever-narrowing, ever-contracting appendix within which the British and French
Armies fought.
Meanwhile, the Royal Navy, with the willing help of countless merchant seamen, strain.
Remembrance and memorials: constructing cultural memoryHannakf
Warhorse or Regeneration? Birdsong or Blackadder? How have novels and films contributed to the construction – or reconstruction – of national memory? Focusing on the gap between the experience of war and its memorialisation, this workshop will exemplify ways in which the classroom can develop critical reading skills and awareness of key cultural concepts.
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That marks our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high.
Writing Assignment–Art, Expression, &the Great WarDirections.docxmaryettamckinnel
Writing Assignment
–
Art, Expression, &
the Great War
Directions:
Essays should be doubled
-
spaced, size 12 font, with one inch margins all around.
Essays must be a minimum of 1
page
and should be a maximum of 3
pages.
All references from the textbook
or documents must be cited parenthetically (
Tindall
, pg) or (Author)
.
All references to the art
must
be cited parenthetically by an abbreviated
title
and artist (
Wounded, Dix).
All references to the
memorials must be cited parenthetically by the title (Sk
eleton Memorial).
No bibliography is needed for your essays.
The required heading is only your name and a page number in the top right hand corner of each page.
Writing Assignment:
In the aftermath of the Great War the world changed in extremely
dramatic ways.
For example
,
t
he 19
th
A
mendment gave women the right to vote which changed
the
role of women; the "Great M
igration
"
and
Harlem
Renaissance
changed the lives of African
-
Americans
;
the advent of radio and the growth of Hollywood
shrank the c
ountry; and the birth of the age of the automobile made people more mobile and free. Y
our
weekly
textb
ook reading will detail
these changes
and others during the 1920s and examine their effect on
society, while this week's writing assignment will look at t
he
effect
of
WWI
on individuals and
s
ociety.
While the world changed around them, many individuals and cultures were trying to make sense of the pain,
suffering, death and destruction wrought by the years of war. Many
soldiers
expressed themselves during
and
after the war through poetry, literature, art, and
sculpture
, and many societies expressed
their
grief in small
and large memorials and
cemeteries
. The following
sources
are a collection of several
poems
, excerpts from
literature, and images of works
of art and memorials. Read the words and view the images, then
write
a
response paper based on the question
s
below!
Question
:
Read the following poems, look at the works of art, and examine the memorials created by American, British,
Canadian
, French,
and German soldiers that fought
on the Western Front th
roughout World War I. Discuss
how these expressions represent to the world and future generations the nature and impact of the Great War
on individuals and society.
End your essay by answering the ques
tion:
If you had to sum up the
impact of the
Great War in one word, what would that word be?
Some of the questions to consider
when writing your response are:
What do the poems tell us about the
experiences of these soldiers?
How do the works of art expre
ss what the soldiers experienced during the war
and how they are dealing with, or not dealing with, that experience?
What differences can you see between
the
European
and American perspectives on the war?
How do these men view the war and their role there
in?
What strikes you when reading these poems?
You do not need to answer any or all of these specifically, but they might help gi.
1. The Battle
of the Somme
The gates of hell were unbarred that day,
Bodies in many rows did lay,
Death has come to claim the souls of the old gaurd,
now laid out to be interred in the graveyard,
What pity the lives that were lost,
Was victory really worth the cost?.
The Battle of the Somme in 1916,
Was filled with horror to many had seen,
One million men lost in trench warefare,
Was a figure to large for many to bear.
British, french and German blood stained the ground,
Discarded helmets and weapons in a mound,
The pounding of artillery, the cries of fear,
reinforcement being sent up from the rear.
The tide with its ebb and flow,
With the numbers of dead continue to grow,
Each side convinved cause was just,
And victory was certainly a must.
So this day for solemn reflection,
As friends were added to deaths collection,
They gave their final measure,
Their lives we did treasure.
The price of freedom always comes with a cost,
For life is not freely tossed,
Given perhaps with pain, duty and glory,
And written about with reverence in this story.
Alexandra Edwards
10/02/2016
16:09