Lesson Five – Changing Britain
This history teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to 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.
The class can identify and explain how different members of a family might have been impacted by the effects of the war such as working for the Home Guard in Britain.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to 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
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to describe how families changed by the end of the Second World War, a shared reading text to identify and explain how Britain changed during this period in history and a worksheet to select and record how Britain changed as a result of events that occurred during the Second World War.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore and record how family life in Britain changed in different ways 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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