Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to describe how and why children were evacuated during the Second World War, a worksheet to record suitable locations for evacuation during the Second World War to provide safety and protection and a template to select and record information about a child who was evacuated during this period in British history,

The interactive presentation can be used to explore reasons about how and why some children were evacuated to other locations during the second world war.

This lesson is part of a history scheme of work to get the children to research and illustrate how family life in Britain changed during the Second World War including evacuation and changing roles and responsibilities. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.