History at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 3/4)
Unit 9: What was it like for children in the Second World War?
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Section 1: What was the Second World War? When and where did it take place?
Children should learn:
- when and where WWII took place
- about the leaders and key events and dates of the war
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Section 2: What was the Blitz?
Children should learn:
- the characteristic features of the Blitz and what type of area was most likely to be affected
- to locate where bombing raids took place
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Section 3: Why were children evacuated?
Children should learn:
- about the effects of air raids
- about the causes of evacuation
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Section 4: What was it like to be an evacuee?
Children should learn:
- 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
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Section 5: What did people eat during the war?
Children should learn:
- why rationing was necessary
- about the impact of rationing on the way of life of people living in Britain during WWII
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Section 6: In what other ways might the war have affected people?
Children should learn:
- 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
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Section 7: What were children's experiences of the war?
Children should learn:
- that the war affected children in different ways
- that the war created many refugees
- about the treatment of Jewish people during the war
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Section 8: What it was like to be a child living in this area in World War II?
Children should learn:
- 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
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Section 9: How did the Second World War affect children who lived in this locality?
Children should learn:
- about the effects of WWII on their locality
- to select information from sources
- to compare the local and national experience
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Section 10: What has been done since to prevent another world war?
Children should learn:
- about conflicts going on today and how they affect the lives of children
- to make connections between the Second World War and today
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