Explaining why we remember the people who fought and died, both in World War One, but also in other armed conflicts in a thoughtful and insightful way. Remembrance Day looks at the background to World War One and also focuses on objects, such as poppies and the Cenotaph that are key to the day itself. Key words at the bottom of each spread help children build their vocabulary around particular topics. The mixture of historical and modern photographs help to make the past more relevant to the children.

Start-Up History is a series of 6 titles looking at everyday objects and events from their historical perspective and encourages readers to ask questions about what they can see on the page and how that might relate to their own experiences. Perfect introductory history texts for 5-7 KS1 readers.

This book features in the following series: Start Up History, Start-Up History .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 1. KS1 covers school years 1 and 2, and ages 5-7 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

This book has been graded for interest at 6-8 years.

There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Hachette Children's Group .

Ruth Nason was a children's non-fiction editor before becoming a freelance editor and writer. She has been responsible for several successful Watts series, including My Life, My Religion. She lives in Harpenden, Herts. Jane Bingham is an experienced author and editor of children's books.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: What is Remembrance Day?
• 1: People who died
• 1: The World wars
• 1: The First World War
• 1: The end of the war
• 1: Ways to remember
• 1: Why poppies?
• 1: More wars
• 1: Remembering today
• 1: Further information for parents and teachers
• 1: index