Wartime Families

This history scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to research and illustrate how family life in Britain changed during the Second World War including evacuation and changing roles and responsibilities. The class can compose letters and diaries to recount the experiences of evacuated children during the war.

Research and illustrate how family life in Britain changed during the Second World War including evacuation and changing roles and responsibilities

Lesson One : Evacuation

Identify and suggest reasons about how and why some children were evacuated to other locations during the Second World War for safety and protection

Lesson Two : Evacuee Letter

Practise composing and presenting a letter in character to describe what it was like to be evacuated during the Second World War to a safe location in Britain

Lesson Three : War Diary

Investigate and record how to write a diary entry to describe some of the changes that were experienced by the British population during the Second World War

Lesson Four : Overseas Evacuation

Explore and record how and why some members of a British family were evacuated overseas during the Second World War to other countries

Lesson Five : Changing Britain

Explore, describe and record how family life in Britain changed in some different ways following the impact of the events that occurred during the Second World War

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