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Weblinks and videos for use with 6340 - Birdsong A Level Comprehensive Guide (first teaching 2015)

Background on the Text

• Article: Sebastian Faulks' Biography
• Website: Official Sebastian Faulks Website
• Article: The Many Selves of Sebastian
• Article: Sebastian Faulks, 'Devil May Care'
• Guardian Books podcast: Sebastian Faulks on his Novel 'Birdsong'
• Website: Goodreads Entry for 'Birdsong' with Customer Reviews
• Website: Goodreads Debate on 'Birdsong': Is the 70s Plotline a Weakness or a Strength?
• Article: John Mullan Book Review for 'Birdsong'

Sections: A Synopsis

• Article: John Mullan Discusses Reader Responses to 'Birdsong'

Faulks' Use of Language

• Poem: Brian Turner's Poem 'Here, Bullet'

Attitudes and Values

• Soldiers Experiences
• Website: The British Military Open Encyclopedia - ARRSE-Pedia
• Article: Gallows Humour from the Trenches of World War I
• Website: How to Look for Records of British Army Soldiers after 1913
• Article: Remembering the First World War
• Article: Lance Corporal Michael Campbell Died from Wounds Sustained in Afghanistan

Videos

Suggested Answers

• Article: Crow Symbolism and the Crow as a Spirit Animal
• Article: Thirteen Bird Superstitions
• Article: Explore Bird Superstitions and Myths
• Poem: John McCrae's 'In Flanders Fields'
• Article: Lions Led by Donkeys
• Article: Existentialism
• Article: Armed Forces Day 2015 – An Army Veteran’s Story

Videos

Further Reading

• Website: Project Gutenberg
• Article: How to Read a Novel: Some Places to Begin
• Article: The Many Selves of Sebastian
• Website: Sebasian Faulks' Offical Website
• Article: Review of 'Birdsong'
• Website: Official British Army Website
• Website: The British Army YouTube Channel
• Website: The Royal British Legion
• Article: Sebastian Faulks on 'Devil May Care'
• Article: Brave New World and Women's Rights
• Article: Amiens Cathedral
• Article: World War I and Women
• Definition: Napoleonic Code
• Article: 'The Wife is Obliged': The French Civil Code (Napoleonic Code) 1800-1820
• Website: Second Wave Feminism
• Article: Timeline of the Women's Liberation Movement
• Articles: Amiens and WWI
• Website: Opening Times and Contact Information for Visiting the Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens (French language)
• Website: Amiens Tourist Information (English near alternative)
• Article: World War I and the Jews
• Article: Great German Patriotism (German language)
• Article: Loyalty, Identity, Betrayal: the German-Jewish soldiers who Fought in WW1 (English near alternative)
• Article: Irish Soldiers in the First World War
• Article: From Godlessness to Ruthlessness?
• Article: The fight to honour Ireland’s heroes of the First World War
• Article: Blackadder on the Causes of the First World War
• Article: The Causes of World War I
• Website: William Halse Rivers Rivers
• Website: Liberal Welfare Reforms
• Article: Five Things You Need to Know about the First World War
• Article: We Will Remember Them - 8,000 Tickets Available for Public to Commemorate the Battle of the Somme Centenary
• Article: Indian Troops Contribution to First World War Honoured
• Website: Twitter Search for Lancashire WWI
• Website: The Long, Long Trail: The British Army in the Great War of 1914-1918
• Website: Twitter Search for WWI Hashtag
• Website: Goodreads Book Entry for 'Birdsong'
• Website: Goodreads 'Birdsong' Debate: 'Is the 70s Plotline a Weakness or a Strength?'
• Article: John Mullan's Book Review of 'Birdsong'
• PDF: 'Serve to Lead': Sandhurst's Motto. The Army Leadership 'Bible'
• Poem: Brian Turner's 'Here, Bullet'