Read & Learn About the Commemoration of Remembrance Day

Teaching the history and traditions of Remembrance Day has the power to inspire empathy, respect, and a sense of national pride in our students. While the concept can be challenging to teach to primary school students, levelled and differentiated reading passages offer a unique window into the past and can help students at all levels explore the topic in depth.

What Do Poppies Represent? Reading Comprehension for Year 5

To help your students learn more about the history of Remembrance Day and the red poppy, we’re proud to introduce our latest educational resource – a set of differentiated reading comprehension worksheets focused on the history behind the relationship between the two.

This resource consists of a single, on-grade-level reading passage and a grouping of three differentiated reading comprehension worksheets. Each worksheet is discreetly marked with a series of stars (3 stars = Above, 2 Stars = On, 1 Star = Below) so that all students can access the material without noticing obvious differences in their assignments.

Students will read the passage independently or with a partner and reflect on and analyse the content. From there, they will answer various questions, including multiple-choice, open-ended, and constructed responses.

We have also included answer keys for easy grading!

Download Your Remembrance Day Activity

Ready to get your lesson plans under wraps? This resource is ready and waiting for you to download. Give that dropdown arrow on the Download button a click for your choice of Editable Google Slides or easy-to-print PDF. 

This resource was created by Caitlyn Phillips, a Teach Starter Collaborator.

Need More Ideas for Remembrance Day Lessons?

There is no one way to teach the history behind Remembrance Day commemorations, so we’ve created various tools to help you teach it. Grab these helpful Remembrance Day worksheets, activities, and ideas!

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