Fantastic History Trip | Highcliffe School

Fantastic History Trip

A combined trip of Year 10 and 12 History students visited the Imperial War Museum in London on Tuesday 24th March.


The Imperial War Museum is unique in its coverage of conflicts, especially those involving Britain and the Commonwealth, from the First World War to the present day. The Imperial War Museum illustrates and records all aspects of modern war and of the individual’s experience of it, whether allied or enemy, service or civilian, military or political, social or cultural.

 

The main focus was the new World War 1 exhibition which was truly incredible. This gave the students a real insight to the extent and impact of World War One. Students were able to see how the war started, why it continued, and how the Allies won. The exhibition allows you to walk through a recreated trench with a Sopwith Camel plane overhead. It also explores the war at sea and campaigns in the Middle East, Africa, Gallipoli and the Western Front. The galleries also had interactive displays to help discover the reasons why men signed up to fight and how Britain came under enemy air attacks and to uncover the contributions women made in factories, hospitals and elsewhere to keep the troops fed and fighting.

 

Year 12 students were also able to visit the award-winning Holocaust Exhibition; that was a sobering and reflective experience which traces the Nazi persecution and murder of Europe’s Jews from 1933 to 1945. There was a display of photographs, diaries, toys and film that told the stories of the people who lived through this period. Also there were moving testimonies from survivors and a scale model of Auschwitz-Birkenau to demonstrate the extent of events that occurred. Students were able to understand the political climate enabled Hitler to rise to power and how his ideas spread throughout the country, ultimately affecting people all around the world.

 

With some free time to explore the other exhibitions, students could discover how conflicts have been fought and communities divided in places such as Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan from 1945 to the present day. Also in the exhibition called the ‘Secret War’ we could understand the undercover world of espionage and how it became more sophisticated over time, the nature and examples of covert operations and the work of Britain’s Special Forces.

 

Without doubt, the Imperial War Museum offers something for anyone how has an interest in History and it was clear that all the students were able to enhance their knowledge of the content of their courses from the visit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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