Screenshot from Fleet Air Arm Museum's Their Past Your Future resources in the Learning section of the website.
News: Fleet Air Arm Museum's website now has free TPYF 2 online conflict resources for teachers and pupils.
If you're doing the topic of conflict, including WWII, try the fantastic downloadable education packs from Fleet Air Arm Museum.
Here's a list of what's on offer:
History of the Fleet Air Arm
Bismarck's Last Voyage
The Channel Dash, 1942
Children at War - Rationing
Children at War - Evacuation and the War at Home
War in the Mediterranean - The Battle of Taranto
The Cold War 1945 - 1991
The Falklands Conflict, 1982
The Women's Royal Naval Service: Wrens Who Served
The Norwegian Campaign, 1940
Prisoners of War
How to Collect and Record Reminiscences
World War 1 - An Introduction
World War 1 - Technology of War
World War 1 - Individuals Who served
World War 1 - Perceptions of War
Screenshot from the Fleet Air Arm Museum website showing the Their Past Your Future downloadable education resources.
Fleet Air Arm Museum's learning resources are based on recorded memories of conflict in the 20th century. Albums, logbooks and letters were scanned and filed and the Museum interpreted the material collected and produced education packs based on the events. These documents, containing analysis, images, maps and video footage can be downloaded from the website.
You need to register to download the TPYF Fleet Air Arm Museum education packs but it's a very simple process.
The Museum has also created a pack entitled 'How To' to inspire pupils to have a go themselves at collecting reminiscences.
Students involved in recording the reminiscences of WWII veterans for Fleet Air Arm Museum's video resources. Courtesy the Fleet Air Arm Museum
The education packs have been produced as part of Fleet Air Arm Museum's TPYF2 project. TPYF2 stands for Their Past Your Future 2. Launched in 2004, Their Past Your Future is a Big Lottery funded nationwide scheme, administered by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). It uses historical sources, sites, museums, veterans and eyewitnesses of war to increase young people's understanding of history, commemoration, national identity and civic participation today.
