History at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 3/4)

Unit 9: What was it like for children in the Second World War?
Section 9: How did the Second World War affect children who lived in this locality?

Objectives

Children should learn:

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

Activities

Outcomes

Children:

Assemble selected sources to show the impact of the war locally.

Ask the children to complete a two-column grid with the headings: 'What does the picture show?' and 'What can we learn about the war in the locality?'

Drawing on the knowledge they have gained from the unit, ask the children to suggest some similarities and differences between the local and national experience.

show knowledge and understanding of how the war affected people living in their locality
select information from a range of sources to find out about their locality during the war
identify similarities and differences between the effects of the war locally and nationally

Points to note

Sources of information could include photographs, information about evacuation, ration cards, local newspaper headlines, visits to a local museum or local defences, information about local schools in the war.

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	1. What was the Second World War? When and where did it take place?
	2. What was the Blitz?
	3. Why were children evacuated?
	4. What was it like to be an evacuee?
	5. What did people eat during the war?
	6. In what other ways might the war have affected people?
	7. What were children's experiences of the war?
	8. What it was like to be a child living in this area in World War II?
	9. How did the Second World War affect children who lived in this locality?
	10. What has been done since to prevent another world war?