A lesson on the poem History by John Burnside designed for the Edexcel A Level Literature qualification.
The lesson begins with a reading of the poem September 11th, 2001 by David Herd (p.85 of Poems of the Decade) without the title. Students give their impressions on what the poem could be about before the title is revealed. This provides a good stepping off point for discussion - why was 9/11 such a history-stopping event?
Following this, there is a video where people recount where they were when 9/11 happened. Perhaps unlike other tragedies on a global level, everyone remembers vividly where they were when the terrorist attack occurred. Some brief information is offered, outlining what happened on 9/11, since students were not born when the events took place.
The main activities for the lesson are:
- A ‘theme web’, where students identify the central themes in the poem and then mindmap a theme of their choice in a guided way.
- A ‘visual imagery map’, which encourages students to sketch (or generate) a key image from the poem and analyse the language by following prompts.
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