Lesson One – War Timeline
This history teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate, describe and sequence some of the main events that occurred during the Second World War in the past.
The class can research and record some of the causes and consequences of one of the different events that occurred during the conflict such as Dunkirk or the Blitz.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate, describe and sequence some of the main events that occurred during the Second World War in the past
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to describe some of the main events that occurred during the Second World War, a template to research and record information about an event that occurred in the past and a set of cards to sequence some of the main events about the Second World War.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore the sequence of some of the main events that occurred during the Second World War.
This lesson is part of a history scheme of work to get the children to investigate and record the impact of the Second World War on Britain and how the conflict changed family life at this time in world history. 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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