TFN - Newark in the First World War
Plan for a class project
Holy Trinity Primary School, Newark - Oct 2014
Session 1 - Walk Around Newark
The children were conducted on a walk around Newark to look at building which were (and were not) 100 (or more) years old. The idea is to instill the idea of what would have been in the town 100 years ago when the First Worl War started, and to convey that the built environment is not static, but changing all the time as old buildings are demilished a new ones erected.
On their walk the children completed a worksheet as follows
'Remembering 100 Years Ago' - Trip to Newark
| | Building or Street | Was this building here 100 years ago? | Reasons for your answer |
| 1 | Medical Centre | | |
| 2 | Castle Brewery | | |
| 3 | Robin Hood Hotel | | |
| 4 | Multi-storey car park | | |
| 5 | Asda, Bus Station | | |
| 6 | Bowling & Atrium | | |
| 7 | Cottages on Castlegate | | |
| 8 | Corn Exchange | | |
| 9 | Castle | | |
| 10 | Boar Lane | | |
| 11 | Strays | | |
| 12 | Savers | | |
| 13 | Chain Lane | | |
| 14 | Town Hall | | |
| 15 | Greggs | | |
| 16 | Nottingham Building Society | | |
| 17 | Starbucks | | |
| | | And what about the Parish church? | |
Session 2 - Visit to Newark Library
The class then visited Newark Library where the following resources (and their attendant learning outcomes) are listed below
(A) Photos of the buildings in the above table as they appeared 100 years ago
(B) Large Scale maps of Newark from 1900, 1920 and today so that changes in certain aspects of the town may be traced
(c) Photographs relating to Newark during the First World War
(D) Biographical details and photographs of three Newark soldiers
(E) Printed examples of of the Newark Great War Bulletin as available on this website at the following link