Learning Objective

Unit 9: What was it like for children in the Second World War?

Software - Websites - Activities

Generic:

www.swgfl.org.uk/Wiltshistoryquest/timezones

1: What was the Second World War? When and where did it take place?

• when and where WWII took place
• about the leaders and key events and dates of the war

2:What was the Blitz?

• the characteristic features of the Blitz and what type of area was most likely to be affected
• to locate where bombing raids took place

Worksheets, activities & video clips www.learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/homefront

Variety of resources to download www.primaryresources.co.uk

3: Why were children evacuated?

• about the effects of air raids
• about the causes of evacuation

4: What was it like to be an evacuee?

• to find out about the experiences and feelings of evacuees, from a wide range of information sources
• to communicate their learning in an organised and structured way, using appropriate terminology

Extracts from letters and ideas for replies www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children

5: What did people eat during the war?

• why rationing was necessary
• about the impact of rationing on the way of life of people living in England during WWII

An on-line shopping challenge www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children

6: In what other ways might the war have affected people?

• an overview of how the war affected people's everyday lives
• about the restrictions on people, how they suffered during the war, their courage and resilience

7: What were children's experiences of the war?

• that the war affected children in different ways
• that the war created many refugees
• about the treatment of Jewish people during the war

Variety of information and activities http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/evacmenu

Lesson plans and on-line activities based on the diary of Anne Frank  http://teacher.scholastic.com/frank/

8: What it was like to be a child living in this area in World War II?

• where and how the local area was affected by WWII
• how to find out about the war in their locality from the recollections of someone who lived through it

9: How did the Second World War affect children who lived in this locality?

• about the effects of WWII on their locality
• to select information from sources
• to compare the local and national experience

10: What has been done since to prevent another world war?

• about conflicts going on today and how they affect the lives of children
• to make connections between the Second World War and today