Lesson Four – Overseas Evacuation
This history teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore and record how and why some members of a British family were evacuated overseas during the Second World War to other countries.
The class can identify and explain some of the different problems that might have resulted from evacuation overseas to some countries in the world such as Australia.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore and record how and why some members of a British family were evacuated overseas during the Second World War to other countries
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify and explain reasons for overseas evacuation during the Second World War, a template to select and record reasons for overseas evacuation during this period in British history and a worksheet to record responses to overseas evacuation during the war.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how and why some members of a family were evacuated overseas 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.
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