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What HAPPENED TO Henry CLIFFORD Stroud?. This is Henry Clifford Stroud. His name appears on the First World War memorial inside the A rmstrong Building:
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What HAPPENED TO Henry CLIFFORD Stroud? • This is Henry Clifford Stroud. • His name appears on the First World War memorial inside the Armstrong Building: • Stroud, whose father was a professor at Armstrong College, studied at Armstrong College before the Great War and went to fight in France in January 1915. • Your task is to become a Great War Detective and find out what happened to Henry Clifford Stroud. From ‘The Northerner, 1918
Learning Outcomes • By the end of this lesson you will be able to : • Explain what happened to Henry Clifford Stroud. • Explain how the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 led to a change in the way in which the buildings of Armstrong College were used.
THE GREAT WAR DETECTIVES • 1) Use the evidence pack you have been given to work out what happened to Henry Clifford Stroud. • 2) Use the sheet provided to help you summarise what you can learn from each source in your pack. • 3) When you have worked out what happened to Henry Clifford Stroud, write a paragraph explaining your answer. Make sure you include evidence from all of the sources.
What happened to Henry Clifford Stroud? • An obituary is a news article reporting someone’s death and giving an account of their life. • Read Henry Clifford Stroud’s obituary which appeared in The Northerner • (the magazine of Armstrong College) in September 1918 to find out if you were right about what happened to him.
H.C. STROUD: A PROFILE • Complete the sheet you have been given to summarise what you have learned about Henry Clifford Stroud.
Review • Answer the following questions: • Why did Henry Clifford Stroud, a former student of Armstrong College, find himself back there during the Great War? • What does the story of Henry Clifford Stroud tell us about the how the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 altered the way in which the buildings of Armstrong College were used? • 3) Where and why can you see Henry Clifford Stroud’s name displayed in • Newcastle University’s Armstrong Building today?