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Information
In Flanders
Fields audio
poem
Selection of
links
Information
Rememberance Day is a special
day to remember
all men and women who were killed
during the first world war
and other conflicts. At
11 o’clock on that day,
everyone is asked to be silent
for just one minute.
It is commemorated in the Commonwealth
and in several European countries.
It was created by King
George V of the United
Kingdom on November 7th, 1919
upon the suggestion of Edward
George Honey.
Today the poppy
is worn on Remembrance Day.
The poppy's
significance to Remembrance
Day is a result of John McCrae's
(1872-1918) poem "In
Flanders Fields".
The poppy emblem was chosen
because of the poppies that
bloomed across
some of the worst battlefields
of Flanders in World War I,
their red colour an appropriate
symbol for the bloodshed
of trench warfare.
A French woman by the name of
Madame E. Guérin introduced
the widely used artificial poppies
given out today. (Typically,
these artificial poppies are
given freely,
though nearly all who accept
them offer a small donation
in return. $1.00 is common in
Canada.) Some people choose
to wear white poppies, which
emphasises a desire for peaceful
alternatives to military action.
(extracted from wikipedia.org)
Notes
to remember
- se rappeler, se souvenir
war - la guerre
world war -
guerre mondiale
poppy - coquelicot
field - champ
battlefields
- champs de bataille
to bloom -
fleurir
Flanders -
les Flandres (nord de la France)
trench - tranchée
freely - gratuitement
peaceful -
pacifique, de paix
In
Flanders Fields
Patrick's
recording
In Flanders fields
the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on
row,
That mark our place; and in
the sky
The larks, still bravely singing,
fly,
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days
ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset
glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now
we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the
foe :
To you from failing hands we
throw
The torch; be yours to hold
it high.
If ye break faith with us who
die
We shall not sleep, though poppies
grow
In Flanders fields.
Selection
of links
interactive adventure civilization.ca
movie clip saskstories.ca
"In
Flanders fields" poem eaglesweb.com
French
school
site ac-bordeaux.fr
school
site woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk
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