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Second World War
10 lesson KS3 unit on the Second World War which has been fully resourced with PowerPoints, worksheets and scheme of work.
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Consequences of the Second World War
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.
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Evacuation in the Second World War
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.
Second World War in France - La Seconde Guerre Mondiale en France
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.
Causes of the Second World War
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.
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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.
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Second World War - Battle of El Alamein- North Africa - WW2
A lesson about the success of the British Empire in winning and North African campaign in the Second World War. It is tried, tested and comes with everything you need to teach it right from the PowerPoint. Resources are at the end of the PowerPoint in printer friendly formats if you need them.
Leanring episodes are as follows:
Class discussion of the geography of the region - why it was important and how this would shape the fighting.
Video task.
Fortune graph - students have to allocate a relative importance to each major event in the conflict and plot it on a graph.
Success Factors table activity with 8 fully explained factors behind British victory.
Prioritisation of factors - group task.
Essay writing task - structure guidance grid.
PEer assessment with check list criteria.
Depth reading task.
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Second World War - Rationing
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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.
Second World War - Evacuation
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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.
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Causes of World War 2
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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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The Second World War Song
Ideal for teaching about WWII in KS2/3. Can be used as part of a class assembly.
Listen to a preview here: https://songsforteaching.co.uk/second-world-war-song-preview/
Resource includes PowerPoint featuring all lyrics and embedded audio (please note this plays automatically after a few seconds).
For queries/comments, please visit songsforteaching.co.uk
Second World War - The Blitz
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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.
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Dunkirk: Triumph or Disaster? (Second World War / World War Two)
This lesson is the second in a series of lessons on the Second World War. It is a source based lesson including a full, easy-to-follow powerpoint presentation, 3 video links, a range of contemporary and modern sources as well as associated written and discussion activities. The lesson is aimed at students in KS3 and focusses upon the differing interpretations of Dunkirk. Students are asked to consider whether this significant event should be regarded as a triumph or disaster for the British. The lessons begins with an engaging starter task in which students are hooked into the lesson by looking at the trailer for the 2017 film ‘Dunkirk’ . Students are then briefly introduced to the background to this event and its presentation as a great triumph by the wartime government and contemporary media. The main task involves the study of a range of contemporary and modern sources before students judge how this event should be interpreted by modern historians.
London and the Second World War
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’.
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Second World War
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.
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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.
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Second World War
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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Second World War Posters
Propaganda posters from the IWM collection looking at how the British Government encouraged people to help the war effort.
All the images are available to download together as a PowerPoint.
Visit the IWM website to find out more about IWM's free online learning resources
http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/learning-resources
Poetry of the Second World War
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.
Second World War- scheme of work
A 10 lesson scheme of work which goes with my lesson by lesson resources on the Second World War to be used with KS3.
Quick ViewSecond World War Review Lesson
This lesson is a nice review lesson once you have covered some of the main events and topics of the Second World War. The lesson is an independent, computer based research lesson in which students are given the task of producing their own museum exhibition. Students are given the chance to reflect on what they have learnt over previous lessons, delve a bit deeper into an area they are particularly interested in, and get creative to demonstrate their knowledge of the Second World War.