Lesson Three – War Diary
This history teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to 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.
The class can identify and explain how different members of a family might have been impacted by the effects of the war such as women working in factories.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to 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
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify and describe changes that occurred in Britain during the Second World War and a template to select and record different responses of the population during this period in British history.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to write a diary entry to describe some of the changes experienced by the population 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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