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At Wellington College, Year 11 French students have been researching old boys of the College who fought in World War I.  Some of these old boys also played in a 1909 rugby match against St Patrick’s College.  We are researching specific aspects of the war which these old boys would have been involved in, and we’re partnered with people at Lycée Europeén de Villers-Cotterêt, France.  We are talking to these people by email, Skype and Facebook.  These old boys...

Florian and Skander tell you about their research on Maoris in WWI and more especially on their relationship with "Pakehas" and the difference in the type of missions they had.

Yasmine and Kawtar tel you about their research work on living conditions in the trenches

Chiara and Soukeina tell you about their research on New Zealand nurses and prostitutes during the Great War.

Océane G., Valentine and Paola present you the evolution of their research on shellshock.

This video is part of the midproject presentations for the Shared Histories programme.

Louvent and Marcellin give their "mid-project presentation" to the class (selection of topic, difficulties and ideas for their final product).