What was it like for children in the Second World War?
History at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 3/4)
Unit 9: What was it like for children in the Second World War?
About this unit
In this unit children find out about the effects of the Second World War on children in their local area, nationally and internationally. There are also opportunities to consider the effects of war on children today.
Children use a range of sources, including the recollections of people alive at the time. They consider the reasons for and results of key aspects of the war. ----
This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
Unit 13: How has life in Britain changed since 1948?
About this unit
In this unit children learn about the reasons for and results of the changes in British life since 1948. Children investigate in depth one aspect of change in British life, eg population structure, popular culture, work.
They will develop their historical understanding of the period, including the characteristic features and diversity of popular culture, make links between changes both within and across the period, and apply their skills of historical enquiry to a study of the recent past. ----
This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
TUDOR TIMES National Curriculum - Britain and the wider world in Tudor times Significant individuals and events: ·Henry VIII, Thomas More and the break with Rome; ·Francis Drake and the Armada; ·The reign of Elizabeth and the roles played by Mary Queen of Scots and the Earl of Essex; ·John and Sebastian Cabot, Walter Raleigh and exploration; ·William Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Theatre. Everyday life: · Life for the rich and poor; differences between town and country life; · Education; ships and seafaring, merchants, traders and settlers; ·Africa, Asia and America; · Food and entertainment; · Medicine and health; ·Tudor buildings in the local area; · The impact of the closing down of a religious community on the local area. During key stage 1pupils learn about people’s lives and lifestyles. They find out about significant men, women, children and events from the recent and more distant past, including those from both Britain and the wider world. They listen and respond to stories and use sources of information to help them ask and answer questions. They learn how the past is different from the present. During key stage 2pupils learn about significant people, events and places from both the recent and more distant past. They learn about change and continuity in their own area, in Britain and in other parts of the world. They look at history in a variety of ways, for example from political, economic, technological and scientific, social, religious, cultural or aesthetic perspectives. They use different sources of information to help them investigate the past both in depth and in overview, using dates and historical vocabulary to describe events, people and developments. They also learn that the past can be represented and interpreted in different ways.
Some good websites for Tudor Times http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/tevents.html http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/tudors.htm http://www.englishhistory.net/tudor.html - good for older children http://historyonthenet.com/Tudors/tudorsmain.htm - covers many aspects of Tudor life http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/tudors.htm - secondary school resource but good for KS2 nonetheless Henry VIII and his Six Wives: http://tudorhistory.org/wives/ Rich and Poor in Tudor Times: http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/nettsch/time/tlife.html http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/tudors/dailylife.htm - Daily life in Tudor Times Exploration: http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/tships.html http://www.maryrose.org/ http://www.britishbattles.com/spanish-war/spanish-armada.htm - The Spanish Armarda http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/w/Walter_Raleigh.htm - Sir Walter Raleigh William Shakespeare http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/ Ancient Egypt www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk Lots of information on all aspects of Ancient Egypt.Interactive activities, links to other sites, very child friendly.Particularly suitable for Key Stage 2.
Website of Snaith Primary School.Information, quizzes, activities.Very accessible.Teacher’s notes.Suggestions and recommendations for other useful websites.Could be used for both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. British Museum website.Information, games and stories.Staff room section with information for teachers.Not as eye catching s other sites but good information.More suitable for Key Stage 2. Interactive activitiesincluding word searches, how to make a mummy, writing hieroglyphs etc.Easy to navigate.Includes teaching resources.Suitable for both Key Stage 1 and Key stage 2.
Victorians www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk Lots of information on all aspects of Victorian Britain.Interactive activities, links to other sites, very child friendly.Particularly suitable for Key Stage 2. www.show.me.uk/ Games and resources generated by the UK’s museum, gallery and heritage sector.Links to lots of really useful sites on many different aspects of Victorians.Excellent for cross curricular work as it includes recipes, designing a garden, pests in a Victorian bedroom and a link to the Children’s society concerning children in care in Victorian Britain.Gives guidance as to which sites are useful and suitable for specific key stages so can be used for all age groups.Includes information for teachers. www.highlandschools-virtualib.org.uk/primary_curriculum/victorians.htm Links to resources for primary teachers, including links to sites with worksheets and lesson plans.Links to sites covering many different areas including crime and punishment, Victorian inventions, children in Victorian Britain etc, so good for cross curricular links.Different links suitable for different key stages. www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/Q/qca/victorians Bright, child friendly – quite basic but easy to use.Information on people who helped children, timelines, Victorian schools, Victorian toyshop.Includes teachers’ pages.Good for Key Stage 1, possibly too basic for KS2.
The Great Fire of London
Fire of london powerpoint presentation.
History British History Timeline -
Below are some useful website relating to the History Curriculum and teaching history in the primary school:
NC order for History here http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/history/history.htm
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/primaryindex.html
http://www.primaryhistory.org/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/history.shtml
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/INTERACTIVE.ASPX
http://www.espresso.co.uk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/keystage_1/games/history1.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/walk/
Below are some useful websites for Florence Nightingale for KS1: **http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/nightingale/game/complete.shtml#focus** **http://www.firstschoolyears.co.uk/history/people/Nightingale/nightingale.htm** **http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/nightingale_florence.shtml**
**http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REnightingale.htm**
**http://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/cms/**
**http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/subjects/history/qca/nightingale.htm**
**http://www.teachers.tv/video/30050**
Romans
Build an iron age round house here.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/history/contents.htm
Egyptians
http://www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk/egyptians.html
http://www.show.me.uk/topicpage/teachers/tAncient-Civilisations.html http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/history/egyptians/index.htm http://www.sparklebox2.co.uk/topics/history/egypt.html
http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/history/ks1-2/resources/units/index.shtml
What was it like for children in the Second World War?
History at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 3/4)
Unit 9: What was it like for children in the Second World War?Children use a range of sources, including the recollections of people alive at the time. They consider the reasons for and results of key aspects of the war.
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This unit supports citizenship: 7
Sections in this unit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/history/
Goodnight Mr Tom novel by Michelle Magorian
http://www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/Curriculum/History.htm#Year 3 Links to World War 2 Sites
http://www.ks1resources.co.uk/page12.html
http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/
http://www.iwm.org.uk/ Imperial war museum
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/history/contents04wwiibritainsince1948.htm
http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW2/blitz.htm The blitz
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/blitz.htm
http://www.nwlg.org/pages/resources/living_blitz/ Video interviews of people who lived through the blitz
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/archive/exhibits/blitz/index.html Museum of London Blitz information
http://www. youtube.com Video clips of children being evacuated during World War 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/51/a9019451.shtml Peoples recollections from World War 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/ration/ration_intro.shtml Rationing game for children to go shopping during rationing
http://www.ict.oxon-lea.gov.uk/best_practice/rationing/index_main.html Lesson Plan (Year 3) about rationing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/enigma_01.shtml Code breaking and the enigma machine
http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/content/machines.rhtm Code breaking and the enigma machine
http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/content/enigmasim.rhtm Code breaking and the enigma machine
http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/10/enigma/index.htm Enigma and code from the Imperial War Museum
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Britain.html WW2 information
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/home.shtml WW2 at home
http://www.teachers.tv/video/37127 Video of WW2
http://www.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/schemes2/history/his9/?view=get WW2 History standards
http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/war.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/ WW2 history
How has life in Britain changed since 1948?
History at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 5/6)
Unit 13: How has life in Britain changed since 1948?They will develop their historical understanding of the period, including the characteristic features and diversity of popular culture, make links between changes both within and across the period, and apply their skills of historical enquiry to a study of the recent past.
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This unit supports citizenship: 5
Sections in this unit
http://www.nhshistory.net/shorthistory.htm History of NHS. Suitable for teachers background knowledge
http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/NHSTimeline.aspx Interactive timeline of NHS history
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/archive/exhibits/festival/ Festival of Britain includes links to memories of people who were involved
http://www.channel4learning.com/sites/essentials/history/units/postwar_bi.shtml Life in Britain since 1930
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/lessons/lesson11.htm Immigration
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tech/ Technology since 1900. Includes links to info on important inventions
http://www.britishpathe.com/ News clips from various parts of history.
http://iisresource.org/Documents/KS2_Who_Has_Come_to_Britain.pdf Immigration and 2001 census
http://www.primaryhistory.org/lessons/britain-since-1930,141,SAR.html
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/technology/picturegrid.html How home technology has changed since the 1930’s
http://centres.exeter.ac.uk/historyresource/resources/ks2/www2-naden.pdf Lesson plans for how life has changed since the 1930’s
http://www.fleetairarm.com/Uploads/Files/en-GB/FAA198%20pri%20hist%20final.PDF Fleet air arm museum. Aviation through the ages and how history has changed since the 1930’s
http://www.amyjohnson.info/
http://www.frankwhittle.co.uk/ History info on Frank Whittle
A Variety of history lesson plans=
TUDOR TIMES
National Curriculum - Britain and the wider world in Tudor times
Significant individuals and events:
· Henry VIII, Thomas More and the break with Rome;
· Francis Drake and the Armada;
· The reign of Elizabeth and the roles played by Mary Queen of Scots and the Earl of Essex;
· John and Sebastian Cabot, Walter Raleigh and exploration;
· William Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Theatre.
Everyday life:
· Life for the rich and poor; differences between town and country life;
· Education; ships and seafaring, merchants, traders and settlers;
· Africa, Asia and America;
· Food and entertainment;
· Medicine and health;
· Tudor buildings in the local area;
· The impact of the closing down of a religious community on the local area.
During key stage 1 pupils learn about people’s lives and lifestyles. They find out about significant men, women, children and events from the recent and more distant past, including those from both Britain and the wider world. They listen and respond to stories and use sources of information to help them ask and answer questions. They learn how the past is different from the present.
During key stage 2 pupils learn about significant people, events and places from both the recent and more distant past. They learn about change and continuity in their own area, in Britain and in other parts of the world. They look at history in a variety of ways, for example from political, economic, technological and scientific, social, religious, cultural or aesthetic perspectives. They use different sources of information to help them investigate the past both in depth and in overview, using dates and historical vocabulary to describe events, people and developments. They also learn that the past can be represented and interpreted in different ways.
Some good websites for Tudor Times
http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/tevents.html
http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/tudors.htm
http://www.englishhistory.net/tudor.html - good for older children
http://historyonthenet.com/Tudors/tudorsmain.htm - covers many aspects of Tudor life
http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/tudors.htm - secondary school resource but good for KS2 nonetheless
Henry VIII and his Six Wives:
http://tudorhistory.org/wives/
Rich and Poor in Tudor Times:
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/nettsch/time/tlife.html
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/tudors/dailylife.htm - Daily life in Tudor Times
Exploration:
http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/tships.html
http://www.maryrose.org/
http://www.britishbattles.com/spanish-war/spanish-armada.htm - The Spanish Armarda
http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/w/Walter_Raleigh.htm - Sir Walter Raleigh
William Shakespeare
http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/
Ancient Egypt
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk
Lots of information on all aspects of Ancient Egypt. Interactive activities, links to other sites, very child friendly. Particularly suitable for Key Stage 2.
Website of Snaith Primary School. Information, quizzes, activities. Very accessible. Teacher’s notes. Suggestions and recommendations for other useful websites. Could be used for both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
British Museum website. Information, games and stories. Staff room section with information for teachers. Not as eye catching s other sites but good information. More suitable for Key Stage 2.
Interactive activitiesincluding word searches, how to make a mummy, writing hieroglyphs etc. Easy to navigate. Includes teaching resources. Suitable for both Key Stage 1 and Key stage 2.
Victorians
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk
Lots of information on all aspects of Victorian Britain. Interactive activities, links to other sites, very child friendly. Particularly suitable for Key Stage 2.
www.show.me.uk/
Games and resources generated by the UK’s museum, gallery and heritage sector. Links to lots of really useful sites on many different aspects of Victorians. Excellent for cross curricular work as it includes recipes, designing a garden, pests in a Victorian bedroom and a link to the Children’s society concerning children in care in Victorian Britain. Gives guidance as to which sites are useful and suitable for specific key stages so can be used for all age groups. Includes information for teachers.
www.highlandschools-virtualib.org.uk/primary_curriculum/victorians.htm
Links to resources for primary teachers, including links to sites with worksheets and lesson plans. Links to sites covering many different areas including crime and punishment, Victorian inventions, children in Victorian Britain etc, so good for cross curricular links. Different links suitable for different key stages.
www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/Q/qca/victorians
Bright, child friendly – quite basic but easy to use. Information on people who helped children, timelines, Victorian schools, Victorian toyshop. Includes teachers’ pages. Good for Key Stage 1, possibly too basic for KS2.
The Great Fire of London
Fire of london powerpoint presentation.