They fell with their faces to the foe. What does "foe" mean?
a type of canon
the enemy
the ground
an old word for "sun"
What does the poet mean at the end of these lines?: "If I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England."
That he will be buried somewhere other than England.
Why were poppies chosen to represent Remembrance Day?
They grew well in the soil conditions in Flanders.
They represent blood.
Because they grow in November.
Due to a story about poppies during the war.
PTSD used to be called:
rifle shock
shell shock
grenade shock
canon shock
How many horses were used by Britain in WW1?
120,000
1.2 million
12 million
And towards our distant rest began to trudge. What does "trudge" mean?
crawl
walk heavily
run slowly
Rudyard Kipling ("My boy Jack") also wrote this story which was made into a famous Disney film.
The 7 Dwarves
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Jungle Book
Pinocchio
Which country is Flanders in?
Belgium
What did the German and British soldiers do on Christmas Day 1914? They stopped fighting and
they did a type of shot putt with their weapons.
they ran races.
they played football.
they played Rugby.
What are poppies? In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row,...
birds
a type of wind
flowers
trees