The First World War: exploring local connections to a global war

About this Taster Session

During the First World War, Britain drew upon support and resources from across its global empire. The decades preceding the outbreak of war witnessed mass migration from Britain to Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

At the time the war broke out in 1914 many of the men who had sought a new life overseas retained strong bonds to Britain and responded by volunteering to fight.

In this interactive workshop, you will use contemporary evidence to investigate whether people born in your local area served in overseas part of the British armed forces. What information can we find out about them? What motivated them to return to Europe to risk their lives?

As a group we will then examine film footage from the time of armies mobilised from around the world and listen to the voices of those who served. Doing so helps us to understand the different experiences of warfare over a century ago.

Who’s it for?

Students up to 18 yrs in school, college or just interested in History.

Key topics covered

• First World War
• Volunteering & recruitment
• Newsreels
• Oral history
• Local & global history

How do I book?

If you would like to book a session, please email SCL@hull.ac.uk

Also available for pre-16 students

This session can also be adapted for pre-16 students