Category Archives: World War 2

POST IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION World War Two Today we are going to …… 1. How did WW2 end? The flow-chart below explains what happened in the first half of 1945: 2. One of the Axis powers, Japan, was still fighting against the Allies. The flow-chart below explains what happened in the second half ofContinue reading “Y6: 2-17. End of WW2”

POST IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION World War Two Today we are going to ….. 1. It wasn’t just food that was rationed during WWII. 2. Let’s look at the rationing of clothes in more detail… Clothing also became scarce. Clothes rationing began two years after food rationing started. The clothing Ration Books looked different fromContinue reading “Y6: 2-16. Rationing – Clothes”

POST IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION World War Two Today we are going to …… 1. What do you think were the effects that WW2 had on people? 2. We’ve just seen that food and other goods were scarce and therefore, what was available, had to be rationed to make sure that everybody received a fairContinue reading “Y6: 2-15. Rationing – Food”

POST IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION World War Two Today we are going to …… 1. Britain was blacked out on 1 Sept.1939, two days before the outbreak of war. Everyone had to cover their windows and doors before sunset with heavy blackout curtains, cardboard or paint. This prevented any glimmer of light from escaping soContinue reading “Y6: 2-14. The Black-Out”

POST IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION World War Two Today we are going to …… 1. Here is a reminder: 2. The instruction 3. There were different types of shelters. We will first look at… Anderson Shelters… Anderson Shelters were dark, damp, noisy, and unpleasant. However, the saved people’s lives! 4. From the following videos youContinue reading “Y6: 2-13. Air Raid Shelters”

POST IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION World War Two Today we are going to …… 1. Here is a reminder… 2. Complete the following worksheet by indicating which of the statements are true and which are false. SOLUTION All the statements are true! Which statements do you find really hard to believe? 3. 4. Here areContinue reading “Y6: 2-12. Gas Masks”

POST IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION World War Two Today we are going to …… 1. Let’s continue to examine evacuation during WWII. The animation below will give us an idea of what it must have been like to be an evacuee during the war. A Day in the Life Of A 10-Year-Old Evacuee. (2:30 minutesContinue reading “Y6: 2-11. Evacuation – Part III”

POST IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION World War Two Today we are going to …… 1. A reminder… 2. Let’s see what we can learn about the evacuations from the video below. Evacuating The Children (1940). (1:13 minutes long) 3. You will now do a short play involving an interview with some evacuees on their wayContinue reading “Y6: 2-10. Evacuation – Part II”

POST IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION World War Two Today we are going to …… 1. 2. Here are some of the ways in which people protected themselves during WWII: We will look at all of these measures in more detail over the next few lessons. Let’s start by looking at the evacuations. 3. 4. PersonalContinue reading “Y6: 2-9. Evacuation – Part I”

World War Two Today we are going to look at the “home-front” in more detail… 1. One can easily think that the ‘Home Front‘ must have been a safe place, but it was not because bombing raids destroyed homes and killed many people. Everyone tried to help in the ‘war effort’. For example, because menContinue reading “Y6: 2-8. The Homefront”

World War Two Today we are going to look at the Blitz in more detail. DID YOU KNOW…? 1. So, what was the Blitz? The Blitz was a change in strategy… 2. Complete the spider diagram as we discuss the Blitz. Here is more information about the Blitz: SOLUTION 3. The explainer video below tellsContinue reading “Y6: 2-7. The Blitz”

World War Two Today we are going to look at the Battle of Britain in more detail. WHY? Because our study will now focus more on Britain’s “home-front” involvement in the war. DID YOU KNOW…? 1. Hitler wanted to invade Britain. So he came up with a plan. It was called…. This is what HitlerContinue reading “Y6: 2-6. The Battle of Britain”

World War Two Today we are going to continue looking at the main events of the war in more detail. We will now look at the last two years. 1. Previously we looked at Italy’s surrender to the Allies… 2. The timeline below shows you a very significant event that can be considered as oneContinue reading “Y6: 2-5. 1944 – 1945”

World War Two Today we are going to continue looking at the main events of the war in more detail. We will now look at the next two years. 1. Can you remember how the USA became involved in WW2…? Go over the details again: 2. Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbour theContinue reading “Y6: 2-4. 1942 – 1943”

World War Two Today we are going to look at the main events of the war in more detail. We will start by looking at the first two years. 1. Can you remember how WW2 started? Here is a brief reminder: AND THEN… 2. One of the major events of the war was the BattleContinue reading “Y6: 2-3. 1939 – 1941”

World War Two Today we are going to look at an overview of all the main World War 2 events. 1. Read & recap… This worksheet comes from: https://www.momjunction.com/worksheets/social-studies/world-war-2/ SOLUTION 2. A lot happened during WW2! The video below takes you through the entire war, from 1939 to 1945. Overview of WW2 on maps. (3:20Continue reading “Y6: 2-2. Main WW2 events”

World War Two Today we are going to see why and how WW2 started. 1. What do the following images tell us about WW2? 2. So, how did WW2 start? The flowchart below shows how Germany had some grievances after WW-1, which eventually led to WW-2. 3. When Britain and France declared war on Germany,Continue reading “Y6: 2-1. Introduction to WW2”