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About the Imperial War Museum
The Imperial War Museum tells the story of those who have lived, fought and died in conflict, from 1914 to the present day.
The Museum has five branches across the UK. Three of these are in London: Imperial War Museum London, Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms, and HMS Belfast.
Imperial War Museum Duxford is in Cambridgeshire and Imperial War Museum North is in Manchester.
Visit the Imperial War Museum website to learn more about current exhibitions, events, and learning programmes, or to browse the Museum Collections.
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From 1914 to 1918, the battles of the Great War consumed the globe. Finally, at the 11th hour, on the 11th day, of the 11th month of 1918 Germany and the Allies agreed an Armistice; the First World War had last for four years, four months and 14 days.
To mark the passing of the generation of men and women who lived during that time, the Imperial War Museum, in association with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and with support from the Minister for Veterans, has created People of the Great War: Shaping the Modern World.
This unit of study has now been transferred to resource packs and an accompanying flipchart. Further information on People of the Great War, including video and PDF teaching resources, can be found by visiting the Learning Resources section of the People of the Great War microsite.
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WebQuests
About WebQuests
WebQuests are brilliant new online resources for schools, based on collections from nine national museums, including the Imperial War Museum.
Each WebQuest can be completed online for free and uses real objects from the museum's collections to complete a lesson objective. By using WebQuests schools can foster creativity and critical thinking, develop genuine research skills & integrate online research with offline tasks.
There are currently 10 WebQuests available from the Imperial War Museum, all of which are mapped to the UK curriculum at Key Stages 1 to 4, covering a range of subjects from history to science to geography.