History A-Level
Memory and commemoration
What Memory and commemoration means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Memory and commemoration
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
How war has been remembered and portrayed in ceremonies, novels, plays, war books and comics, films and television series from 1859 to 1991.
Topics that use Memory and commemoration
- Paper 3, Option 37.1: The changing nature of warfare, 1859–1991: perception and reality - 1 Reporting and portraying war (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Censorship and control of information
- Changing public attitudes to war
- Heroism versus trauma in war portrayal
- Media and cultural representation
- The gap between reported war and lived experience
- Propaganda and public perception
- Technology and speed of communication
Using Memory and commemoration in the exam
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