Education

The War Poets Collection at Craiglockhart offers a unique opportunity for you to engage with and understand the deeply personal and social experiences of war through the words of the war poets, and the memories and objects that the officers, medical staff and relatives left behind.

The exhibition conserves these materials, preserving the memories and encouraging you to consider the impact of the past on both the present and the future.

In order to develop the educational opportunities of the War Poets Collection and the themes of the exhibition, we have produced a number of complementary educational materials for school pupils of the 5–14 Environmental Studies Social Studies curriculum, and students at Standard Grade and Intermediate-2 and Higher level.

These resources offer additional information and interpretation on the exhibition, the War Poets, the history of Craiglockhart, the effects of the First World War on the soldiers, and the effects of war on society in general.