ARtefact 7 - Music of the War
Appropriate to Key Stage 1, 2 and 3:
- Music skills: listening, singing and composition.
- History skills: knowledge.
- Primary source: music recordings.
KS1
- Teacher explains what a gramophone is and that the music is stored on a gramophone record. Explain that the recording of the song sounds tinny and scratchy because that's what recorded music sounded like on the technology available at the time.
- Teach the pupils one verse and one chorus from the song. (This could be performed at a Remembrance Day assembly in November)
KS2, KS3
- Teacher explains what a gramophone is and that the music is stored on a gramophone record. Explain that the recording of the song sounds tinny and scratchy because that's what recorded music sounded like on the technology available at the time.
- Teach the pupils one verse and one chorus from the song. (This could be performed at the Remembrance Day assembly in November)
- Pupils pick a modern song that they would like to hear if they were a soldier. Pupils need to justify their choice referencing lyrics and melody.
- Pupils write a song for present day troops.
QR6 links to the lyrics of the song
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This worksheet looks at music during the First World War and how it was used both on the battlefield and the home-front. In particular the worksheet looks at the song "Keep the Home Fires Burning", a smash hit during the war. The first ARtefact on this worksheet triggers a 3D model of a gramophone which plays the original version of "Keep the Home Fires Burning". The second ARtefact triggers a 3D model of a war grave accompanied by "The Last Post" recorded at the Menin Gate.
This ARtefact triggers a 3D model of a gramophone which plays the original version of "Keep the Home Fires Burning", a popular song during wartime.
This ARtefact triggers a 3D model of a war grave accompanied by "The Last Post" recorded at the Menin Gate.
