A lesson looking at the consequences of the Second World War.
This involves looking at and filling in an A3 sheet on the following events:
Germany divided (occupation zones)
Cold War
Marshall Plan
Iron Curtain
Berlin Wall
The far right in Europe
Decolonisation
European colonisation
Students will then use this information to complete an two consequences exam question. Explain two consequences of the Allied victory in World War Two.
Finally students will read about the policies of the Soviet Union and the West, with this information they will create a logo that best represents both ideologies.
A lengthy KS3 History lesson introducing the Second World War.
This lesson is taught almost like a timeline from start to finish of the war. I teach this over 2-3 lessons to introduce the topic and then go into more detail with certain events in lessons after this.
There are lots of discussion points and questions for students to answer.
A differentiated lesson for a mixed ability year 9 group. This lesson involves a card sort of the various reasons for the outbreak of WW2 and differentiated comprehension tasks.
A complete lesson covering all aspects of WWII that affected France and it’s history. The PPT will guide students through the history from the French perspective from the beginning of the war until the end. Including a glance at Dunkirk evacuation, resistance, collaboration, Vel d’Hiver, D-Day, liberation of Paris and l’épuration. The PPTs language, pictures and diagrams allow students to understand and access the information easily. The timeline is used by students to populate the dates with the key events that affected France.
Ideal for teaching about WWII in KS2/3. Can be used as part of a class assembly.
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Resource includes PowerPoint featuring all lyrics and embedded audio (please note this plays automatically after a few seconds).
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Learning outcomes:
describe what rationing consisted of.
assess the methods by which rationing was ‘sold’ to the people of Britain.
assess the relative significance of different aspects of the Home Front to people’s lives
Lesson features differentiated learning objectives, a well-paced starter, main and plenary, and a focal on source evaluation, including the analysis of sources designed to encourage rationing.
Lesson ties together series of three lessons on the Blitz, evacuation and rationing by asking students to compare the relative impact of these three events on Britain using Partington's model of historical significance.
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Learning outcomes:
describe what evacuation was and explain why it was so important
assess the typical experiences of an evacuee and their hosts
Lesson features differentiated learning objectives, a well-paced starter, main and plenary, and a focal on source evaluation, including the analysis of a source designed to encourage evacuation.
A KS3 History lesson on evacuation during the Second World War.
This lesson can be broken into two one-hour lessons. The first looks at the reasons for evacuation looking at first hand accounts of the process. The second looks at the experiences during evacuation, again looking at sources.
Questions are asked throughout the lesson to check for understanding and develop source analysis.
World War II
This lesson sets out to explains how Hitler set Germany on the road to war in 5 steps.
Students are challenged to find out how and why was he able to defy the Treaty of Versailles so easily with little or no consequences (shown through a causal spider’s web).
Students analyse video footage and a number of sources, using the COP technique (modelled for student understanding) which has proved invaluable for evaluating sources at GCSE.
A final chronological recap of the events and evaluation of the most and least important of the events that led to war, will give students an in depth understanding of why World War II started.
This lesson is ideal as preparation for GCSE if you are embedding source skills or teaching the interwar years or WWII at Key stage 4.
It is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning.
The resource includes retrieval practice activities, suggested teaching strategies and differentiated materials and comes in Powerpoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.
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Learning outcomes:
explain the impact the Blitz had on people living in London.
assess the extent to which the Blitz can be seen as both good and bad for people living in London.
form an opinion on the impact of the Blitz on people living in London and justify this opinion with well-explained historical knowledge
Lesson features differentiated learning objectives, a well-paced starter, main and plenary, and a focal on source evaluation, including evidence collection in a table.
5 excellent lessons on London and the Second World War.
These lessons are linked to the new Edexcel GCSE 9-1 spec.
All the resources are included and this series of lessons works well with the Pearson ‘Warfare through time, c1250 - present’.
This KS3 unit should take around 2 hours to complete depending upon how detailed you want the final letter to be. The Power Point leads students through all activities, giving answers when required. All accompanying resources are included. I showed my classes an extract from the film Goodnight Mr Tom as part of their research, although I have not included a clip here and you would need to source your own DVD or find a clip on YouTube. This would officially make your department the only one in the country not to have this DVD in a store cupboard.
Aims and Objectives:
To know the main facts surrounding evacuation- who, what, why, where and when?
To understand the great range of experiences and types of people effected, considering the impact upon their lives.
To create a piece of empathetic writing exploring these ideas.
Activities include a short video starter where students use the clip to answer the who, what, why, where, when and how questions about evacuation. A cloze exercise quickly summarises the key facts. Students then sort the attitude/feeling cards from positive to negative. Using the source booklet, they carry out independent research into the range of evacuees, hosts and feelings/attitudes expressed. They are to try to find concrete examples to illustrate the attitudes/feelings on the cards. The following lesson has a quick recap quiz. Students then demonstrate their understanding through writing an evacuee letter home, describing the process of evacuation and expressing thoughts/feelings to show empathetic understanding.
This resource explores Second World War poetry in the context of war poetry as a whole. It includes an analysis of Timothy Corsellis' poem &'Dawn After the Raid&'; and writing exercises to get students writing their own poems based on Timothy's structure. The resource supports Young Poets Network&'s annual Timothy Corsellis Prize.
This lesson looks at how WW2 impacted African Americans and Women in America. Students recap what their lives were like before the war and then investigate what happened during the war that changed their lives. The lesson includes a differentiated note taking sheet, challenge tasks throughout to stretch and challenge the top end, and an exam question with sentence starters to help students.
This lesson forms a SOW for AQA America 1920- 1917 Opportunity and Inequality
A resource pack to support the teaching of the Second World War.
Activities included to suit KS3 teaching, with plenty of scope for differentiation by either task or outcome for more- or less able students.
A resource pack to support the teaching of Hitler and the causes of Second World War.
Activities included to suit the new GCSE requirements, with plenty of scope for differentiation by either task or outcome for more- or less able students.
This bundle contains all of our fun and interactive KS3 resources on the Second World War. They are suitable for the full spectrum of learners and contain a range of differentiated tasks. Please see the detailed preview of each resource for more information.
Topics covered include:
Causes of the Second World War
Hitler’s Rise to Power
Appeasement
Nazi Soviet Pact
Blitzkrieg
Battle of Britain
Preparing for War
Gas Masks
Rationing
The Blitz
Salvage / recycling
Women at War
Dad’s Army / Home Guard
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Propaganda posters from the IWM collection looking at how the British Government encouraged people to help the war effort.
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This activity is taken from MY UNCLE'S DUNKIRK by Mick Manning and Brita Granström (published by Franklin Watts in association with the Imperial War Museum). It explores the events at Dunkirk by comparing a holiday beach scene with a war zone. There is opportunity for plenty of cross curricular work, including history, geography and PSHE, as well as two worksheets to support the Pupils Writing Targets at Y 2, 3, 4 and 5.