The Their Past Your Future programme (TPYF) at the Imperial War Museum (2004-2010) has now closed. This website is an archive of the project’s website serving as a record of activities throughout its lifetime, and will not be updated beyond January 2010. If you have any questions regarding the TPYF programme please contact the Imperial War Museum through info@iwm.org.uk quoting "Their Past You Future" in the subject heading.

To access the new TPYF/IWM website for teachers, featuring a range of exciting teaching ideas, resources and source material to explore the impact of conflict from the First World War to today, please go to www.theirpast-yourfuture.org.uk.

Learning Centre
 

Welcome to the Their Past Your Future Learning Centre. Here you will find a range of resources helping teachers to explore the impact of the Second World War, with teaching ideas for inside and outside of the classroom. The Learning Centre features ready-made historical enquiries and lesson plans, original wartime sources, citizenship activities, guidance on working with veterans, intergenerational activities and practical advice on planning educational visits.
Talking with a Veteran of the D-Day Landings, Arromanches

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Inside the Classroom Inside the Classroom
Find a range of teaching materials to support classroom teaching and learning about the impact of the Second World War on the people who experienced it, and the places it affected. Included are a variety of lesson plans, primary sources from the collections of the Imperial War Museum, historical information, and guidance on learning with veterans, all available for free download.
Outside the Classroom Outside the Classroom
Find a range of resources to support teaching and learning outside of the classroom, including advice on working with museums, libraries and archives, tips for planning successful educational visits overseas, sample itineraries and risk assessment templates, all available for free download.
School Trips and Projects School Trips and Projects
View examples of project work from young people who have taken part in Their Past Your Future, including films, diaries, poems and websites. You can also browse through Photo Albums from our commemorative visits around the world.
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