Live History.
Understand history.
Engaging & Immersive WW1 Experiences for schools
Frontline Living History is dedicated to communicating the past in a way which is engaging, interactive, immersive and fun.
We've delivered over 500 highly successful WW1 Workshops, Presentations & Displays in schools, museums & communities from Northumbria to the
Isle of Wight, working with students from
Reception to Sixth Form.
Working in partnership with tour providers, schools and unique locations here and abroad, we've guided hundreds of students across the battlefields of the Western Front, or immersed them in the realities of trench warfare in authentic trenches within the UK.
Whether you're looking to enhance the learning experience of students at Primary, KS3, KS4 or KS5, get in touch to see what we can offer you!
If you're taking students on a WW1 battlefield tour and want some help with planning your tour, researching links to your school, community or students' families, or a guide to accompany and lead your tour, contact me for more information.
frontlinelh@btinternet.com
07973 537289
what we offer
secondary ks4/ gcse
Our WW1 Battlefield Medicine workshops have been successfully delivered in hundreds of schools across the country - teachers and students rate them so highly that they invite us back year after year.
Specifically designed to support teaching & learning of the Edexcel ‘Medicine Through Time’ historic environment study, these sessions can easily be adapted to suit other exam boards and syllabuses -such as AQA 'Health And The People'.
secondary ks3/KS4
Whether you're teaching the Great War to KS3, following a conflict-based syllabus for GCSE, or looking for an
in-school experience to replace or supplement the annual battlefield tour, our WW1 workshops are ideal for you and your students.
Exploring a wide range of topics from global warfare to poison gas, our presentations are interactive, dynamic and engaging, and sure to enhance teaching and learning of this important topic.
PRIMARY yr-y6
How better to bring learning to life than to have a soldier of the Great War visit your school, bringing dozens of safe-to-handle artefacts which help children understand the experiences of Tommy in the trenches?
Delivered by experienced Primary educators, our workshops can cover anything from enlistment to Remembrance in an
age-appropriate manner, and can be tailored to fit your school's needs.
immersive trench day
New for 2024-25, and offered in partnership with our friends at Great War Huts in Suffolk, the perfect immersive WW1 learning experience!
Spend the day on a recreated army camp of the First World War - learn about the British Army of 1914-1918. handle and try on uniform and equipment, take part in foot drill and musketry training, and spend time in probably the most authentic trenches in the UK.
ABOUT
inspiring young people to engage actively with the past and understand how it shapes their lives today.
David Allton
Frontline Living History was set up 2014, the idea of experienced teacher and living historian David Allton. From the beginning, the aim was to deliver in-school First World War education experiences which were high quality, authentically resourced, researched in detail and curriculum linked.
By 2016 Frontline's growing reputation among History teachers and changes to the GCSE curriculum allowed another experienced living historian and educator to be recruited. Richard Townsley, with a long background of researching military & medical history and an extensive artefact collection to support it, added his expertise to the Frontline offer.
Ten years later, and with more than 500 in-school workshops, battlefield tours, community events and TV/film work behind us, Frontline Living History marches proudly on!
Richard Townsley
contact
For all bookings, enquiries, further information, or to discuss how we can bring
the Great War to life for your students, please contact David directly at:
07973 537289
GALLERY
frontline living history in action
If you've got great photos of Frontline Living History bringing history to life and inspiring young people,
we'd love to see them!
Please email them to me at frontlinelh@btinternet.com
