Non Core Assignment

Medium Term Plan for Years 5 and 6- Elaine Bailey, Theresa Manley and Katie Williams (Designed within the new curriculum outlines)

WAR AND PERSECUTION

Lesson Objectives Suggested activities Cross- curricular links

Discussion about initial thoughts and to RE; Was persecution in this setting What is our ascertain prior knowledge and understanding. based on religion? Explore other periods Lesson 1 understanding of the when persecution was because of term persecution? Mind – mapping activity. religious difference, relate to modern History/PSHE day. theme Read a selected piece from the book of Anne ICT; use sessions as a research tool to Frank to set the scene. find out more about persecution.

Discuss how World War 2 began, the reasons Lesson 2 How does the story of for it starting, why Britain was involved. Was Geography; Use atlas’ to show how the History Anne Frank relate to religion a factor? How do we know this? war developed over Europe. Where did Put children into groups to research and work theme World War 2? Anne Frank live before and during the . on reasons for their countries involvement to war? present to class. RE; use maps of Israel to discuss Read a selected piece from the book of Anne Judaism and movement of people. Frank to set the scene.

Lesson 3 To find out about Discuss experiences of children in Britain DT; Cooking when rationing was in History evacuees. How does compared to Anne Frank. Discuss the place. importance of Britain being an island. Listen PSHE; How would you feel being an Theme that differ to Anne Frank’s experiences? to Radio Clips detailing the war, how would evacuee. How does this relate to being an evacuee make you feel? Children to something you may do today? write an excerpt from a diary or letter home. ICT; BBC website on WW2 Read a selected piece from the book of Anne Frank to set the scene.

Lesson 4 To discover when the Talk about how the war developed across RE; who was supporting the Jews Geography/ key events of the Europe using time lines and maps. explore other faiths. What about the Map the journey of Anne Frank and discuss Church of England. History second world war occurred. how Jews were forced to migrate across Theme To understand how the Europe. Why was this? PSHE; Discrimination and persecution. persecution of the Jews Pin point key events of the war on a time line. Were the Jews refugees? led to their migration Read a selected piece from the book of Anne across Europe. Frank to set the scene. Lesson 5 To discover how during Discuss and explore the similarity between English; use time here to write a script History/Drama a bomb raid it would Anne rank hiding and being in an air raid for the drama activity in history lesson. make you feel sat in an shelter. Talk about the Germans bombing Theme air raid shelter. raids and how this relates to a local place, ICT; Produce a document for the play, i.e.Plymouth. script or programme. Create a role play area based on the inside of an air raid shelter. Children put into groups to create a short piece of drama based around this experience. Read a selected piece from the book of Anne Frank to set the scene .

Lesson 6 How did the war come Discuss how the war ends and the DT; consider what food they would have celebrations that were had on VE day. How had for a party remembering the Celebration to an end? What was VE day a celebration of? does this compare to the ending of Anne rationing was still in force. What happened to Anne Frank’s story. rank and her family? Re-enact a VE day celebration party. PSHE; Has persecution stopped today? Read a selected piece from the book of Anne What is bullying? Frank to set the scene Art; make bunting and flags or the party.