What impact did WWII have on Britain and the rest of the World? Key Questions National Curriculum *See WWII STEM Week MTP for early unit learning focused based History around rationing & “make do and mend”. a local history study - a study of 1. How and why did World War Two an aspect of history or a site begin? dating from a period beyond 1066 2. How can the countries that took part in WWII be located? that is significant in the locality 3. How can I identify Luftwaffe a study of an aspect or theme in targets in Britain? British history that extends pu- 4. How and why was Winston pils’ chronological knowledge be- Churchill such a significant leader? 5. How can key European countries yond 1066 - a significant turning and cities of WWII be located? point in British history e.g. the 6. How and why is the Dunkirk Battle of Britain evacuation remembered? Geography 7. Who were the home guard and why was their role so important? locate the world’s countries, using 8. What was life like for evacuees? maps to focus on Europe 9. Who was Anne Frank and why was (including the location of Russia) her story so significant? 10. How and why did WWII come to and North and South America, an end? concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human Vocabulary characteristics, countries, and rationing Allies Axis Chamberlain major cities blackout persecution Jews Anne Frank evacuation Europe Churchill Hitler name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom and Luftwaffe RAF atomic bomb geographical regions VE Day VJ Day sources reliable useful use maps, atlases, globes and digital/ computer mapping to locate countries What impact did WWII have on Britain and the rest of the World? Suggested Websites and Links Suggested Activities How to make tea stained paper - YouTube clip Examples of 1940's style clothes from google.co.uk Make your own WWII rag-bag Audio clip of an air raid siren from bbc.co.uk toy (based around rationing) Churchill's 'finest hour' speech from bbc.co.uk Make your own WWII recipes Original footage about radar - YouTube clip (based around rationing) Horrible Histories clip on the Battle of Britain pilots - YouTube clip Make tea-stained paper to Churchill's speech about 'The Few' - YouTube clip imitate vintage scraps Journalist Charles Gardner’s commentary of fighting off the Produce a painting of a WWII Kent coast. - from battleofbritainmemorial.org scene, such as Dunkirk Churchill from wikipedia.org Interactive timeline about Churchill from bbc.co.uk Write a letter as an evacuee BBC schools information about Churchill from bbc.co.uk Produce an informational video all Audio of Churchill's 'Fight on the Beeches' speech - YouTube about the home guard clip Animated map of the fall of France from bbc.co.uk Write a diary entry as Anne Archive of WW2 memories – an account of Dunkirk from Frank bbc.co.uk Write a biography of a significant Dunkirk evacuation pictures from news.bbc.co.uk Watercolour tutorial –Youtube clip individual, such as Anne Frank or Alternative watercolour tutorial – YouTube clip Winston Churchill Home Front movie clips from bbc.co.uk Produce sketches of D-Day Facts about Dad's Army from yesterday.uktv.co.uk landings and VE Day Home Guard information from primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk Songs and music from bbc.co.uk Learn to sing WWII songs and Images of evacuees -YouTube clip create your own, too Life as an evacuee from bbc.co.uk Learn and perform the “lindy hop” A trailer for the graphic biography of Anne Frank from dance from the 1940s annefrank.org The secret annex that hid Anne Frank and a video explaining the need to hide from annefrank.org Mini-biography of Anne Frank from biography.com The 'scary sketch' game from junkintheirtrunk.blogspot.co.uk Animated map of the D-Day landings from bbc.co.uk Information on invisible ink from artofmanliness.com Information on spy gadgets from businessinsider.com Music from the 1940s from live365.com Jive and lindyhop - YouTube clip Tea dance group steps - YouTube clip Wartime recipes from 1940sexperiment.wordpress.com .