First World War’s impact brought to life
A NEW education resource exploring the impact of the First World War on East Dunbartonshire has been launched.
The new teaching and learning resource features stories from the East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture (EDLC) archives and local studies collections – many of them new discoveries from war research volunteers.
The volunteers have spent the past two years exploring the lives of men, women and children living in the area during the First World War and t heir individual experiences.
The project team used their research to help produce a First World War education resource which will now be used in secondary school across the local authority.
It explores the impact of the First World War on the local area and has been developed by the EDLC Trust in conjunction with staff and students from Douglas Academy, Milngavie, and Kirkintilloch High.
The launch featured a dramatic performance by Douglas Academy students based on letters from the Boyd brothers of Milngavie, and from the diaries of two local nurses who volunteered in the First World War – Elspeth Graham and Kate Jeffrey. The students’ performance helped bring real local stories from the First World War to life for those who attended.
Councillor Jim Gibbons said the launch of the resource is an important part of the centenary commemorations of the First World War.