I have looked at some World War One poems by a few particular poets (Wilfred Owen, John McCare and Siegfried Sassoon) and found some film clips that portray readings of some of the poems that would be useful teaching aids.
John McCare - 'In Flanders’ Field'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/hq/flanders_field.shtml (An animation)
Wilfred Owen - 'Dulce et Decorum Est'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/jeremy-paxman-on-wilfred-owen/8673.html
Wilfred Owen - 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/wilfred-owen-anthem-for-a-doomed-youth-poem-only/6486.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/wilfred-owen-anthem-for-a-doomed-youth-poem-only/6489.html
(Two clips - could compare the different tones/techniques used in each clip - Are there any differences between the mood of each reading? what effect does this have?)
Siegfried Sassoon - 'Trench Duty'
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/9855/9728 - (use as a primary aid) - some of the primary aids on this site are hard to decipher - could maybe use this introduction/starter activity - get the students to have a go at deciphering the writing in various poems)
Siegfried Sassoon -'A Soldier's Declaration' - An article written and published in the time by Sassoon (Coukd ask students to read and discuss what they think Sasson's feeling are about the war)
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