The European section on the battle fields of the Somme

 

 

 

Program

- 2 hours of bus from Maubeuge and Péronne

- 1 hour of individual visit of the Historial using the documents in English provided by the "service éducatif" - http://www.historial.org/Informations-pratiques/Scolaires-Jeunes-Publics/Le-service-educatif-de-l-Historial/Ressources-a-telecharger/Nos-dossiers-pedagogiques/Dossiers-Sections-Europeennes

- 1 hour of lunch with a British touch : testing the famous and terrible Marmite and British chips (much better...).

- 1 hour of "atelier" on the British soldiers : studying the life of 3 real soliders, touching real objects from the war, looking for clues in the museum - a great experience

- 2 hours of guided tour in english  of  cemeteries and trenches :

• visit of Thiepval, a Commonwealth cemetery for the missing soldiers (http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/80800/THIEPVAL%20MEMORIAL)

 

• visit of Beaumont-Hamel, a site comprising trenches and a war memorial for the fallen soliders of Newfoundland (http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/pages/beaumonthamel.aspx)