War in the Classroom: The Materiality of Educational Spaces in the French Front-line Towns, 1914-1920

• Published in: Cultural and social history Vol. 17; no. 5; pp. 659 - 675
• Main Author: Dowdall, Alex
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 19.10.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Childhood; Civilians; Classrooms; Early childhood education; Education history; First World War; France; front-line towns; Masks; Militarization; Psychological safety; World War I; Youth

This article explores the materiality of educational spaces in towns near the Western Front, and examines how military violence shaped representations and experiences of childhood. Educators, local officials and parents conceptualised schools as safe spaces where education could continue normally, a...