British Soldiers Camp in Flanders: Artic-like conditions are prevalent in Flanders, but at a British camp where the photograph was taken the severe weather was enjoyed in the best sporting spirit by the fighting men. February 1916 Personal collection, #Flanders

Something more uplifting after yday. My mum just opened one of my Gt Grandfather letters from 22/10/1916 and found a preserved flower, still there 105 years later! Why was it there? to break the news he was off to Verdun again DOM Paul Reed Dan Hill Dan Snow

Worth your time to read and remember: forgotten poet Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr., a “forerunner of the African American cultural renaissance of the 1920s,” died 3 Feb. 1920. His 1918 poem against prejudice and oppression: behindtheirlines.blogspot.com/2017/09/their-… #poetry #BlackHistoryMonth

All masterminded by Corinne Viglietta and the real celeb was Noelle Cammon! Not just anybody can get 500 teachers to create the conversation in which Maya Angelou talks back hard to Shakespeare. Bliss! Folger Education FolgerED

Lochnagar Crater on the Somme Battlefield.

Word Clouds are fun ways for kids to interact/collaborate w/ poets' words during distance learning. Love these wild creations!

We love The Guardian's choice of Edward Thomas's "The Owl" as its poem of the week! Students will love Poetry Foundation and Manual Cinema's magnificent adaptation of the poem. The Guardian Poetry Foundation Manual Cinema poetryfoundation.org/video/148314/t…

After bombing a lesson with Edward Thomas's "In Memoriam (Easter, 1915)," we're rethinking the way we teach this poem by digging back into our Folger Education toolkit to do it better next time! Start w/ the WORDS and get OUT of the way! #TSI2018 #edwardthomas

Our latest lesson plan, featuring Edward Thomas' 'In Memoriam (Easter 1915),' is up! Check it out & share w/ a teacher you love! teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Teachi…

A fun approach for younger students to engage with a poet's words.

Charlotte Mew said that she "read next to no poetry and understood less." Read about this remarkable, idiosyncratic poet at the War Poets Gallery. warpoetsgallery.org/charlotte-mew

Teachers! Introduce J.S. Cotter's "Sonnet for Negro Soldiers" with the June 1918 issue of The Crisis w/ our free lesson--built for distance learning. teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sonnet…

Trending this week is the MyHeritage photo animator app. The site allows you to upload a portrait of an ancestor to see how they might come alive through a little animation. Results can be a little emotional and surreal. Below, we animated the striking portrait of Vernon Coffey.

The tornado warning today was a test but what often wasn't a test alarm in #WW1 were the awful crank gas klaxons that sounded off at first sign of gas attacks. Our Curator demonstrated its grinding noise capabilities once and it was unpleasant. See our gas alarm in Exhibit Hall.

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"One Hundred Years Later, Everyone Is Still Singing." A short piece about a poem we read every day. warpoetsgallery.org/the-blog/one-h… Photo: Siegfried Sassoon in 1916. © Cambridge University Library / The Siegfried Sassoon Literary Estate

A short essay on gardens and WW1 poetry warpoetsgallery.org/the-blog/the-w… Photo: Edward Thomas in Uniform, April 1915. © Cardiff U. Archive / Edward Thomas Literary Estate.