War Horse - Page to Stage to Screen to Schools

As 'War Horse' storms from page to stage to exhibition and now to screen, discover how you can harness the excitement surrounding the story to capture your students’ imaginations at the War Horse Teacher Event on 13 January 2012 at the National Army Museum.

Working in partnership with Film Education, the Education Department of the National Army Museum is offering a one-day CPD event for teachers of History and English to explore the many facets of the 'War Horse' story and its use within the History and English curricula at Key Stage 3.

This event coincides with the opening of War Horse: Fact & Fiction, a major interactive exhibition at the National Army Museum, exploring Michael Morpugo’s hugely popular novel, and the national launch of Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film.

This compelling exhibition features exclusive material from Morpurgo, the acclaimed stage production by the National Theatre, and Disney. Touching real-life stories of war horses and the men who depended on them are illustrated through the Museum's rich Collection encouraging visitors to think about the millions of horses who have supported the British Army across time.

Delegates will have the opportunity to visit the exhibition and make use of Film Education’s new teaching resources inspired by Spielberg’s eagerly awaited film.

Further event information

• Date: Friday 13 January 2012
• Time: 10.00am - 3.30pm
• Venue: National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, London SW3 4HT
• Cost: £30 (includes refreshments, lunch and materials)

Key curriculum areas to be explored during the day include:

• Engaging with ideas and texts, understanding and responding to the main issues
• Evaluating a range of interpretations of the past to assess their validity
• Understanding how historians and others form interpretations
• Understanding why historians and others have interpreted events, people and situations in different ways through a range of media
• Making fresh connections between ideas, experiences, texts and words, drawing on a rich experience of language and literature
• Assessing the validity and significance of information and ideas from different sources

For more information or to book tickets please contact Film Education:

• Film Education
  91 Berwick Street
  London W1F 0BP
  www.filmeducation.org
  020 7292 7330

For more information about the National Army Museum’s 'War Horse: Fact & Fiction' exhibition, please visit: www.nam.ac.uk/warhorse

For more information about the National Army Museum’s Educational programmes, please email the team at: education@nam.ac.uk

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Notes to editors

The National Army Museum explores the impact of the British Army on the story of Britain, Europe and the world; how Britain’s past has helped to shape our present and our future and how the actions of a few can affect the futures of many.

The National Army Museum was established by Royal Charter to tell the story of the Land Forces of the Crown wherever they were raised. Opened by the Queen in 1960, it moved to its current site in Chelsea in 1971.

Film Education

Film Education provides award-winning teaching resources, teacher training and cinema based events which support the use of film within the curriculum. A charity supported by the UK film industry, Film Education has been producing unique, curriculum-relevant film-based learning experiences for over 26 years at no or nominal cost to teachers. The organisation also takes over 450,000 school children to the cinema free of charge every year in the world's biggest screening programme for young people, National Schools Film Week.