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From March 2025, lessons within this unit will be updated to include new activities and additional teacher and pupil videos.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify the causes of World War 2.
- Identify the different phases in the Battle of Britain.
- Make deductions about the Blitz from photographs.
- Describe how children may have felt when evacuated.
- Evaluate the accuracy, reliability and usefulness of sources.
- Describe the impact WW2 had on women’s and African-Caribbean migrant lives.
Suggested prior learning
*New* Y5/6 (A): British history 5: What was life like in Tudor England?
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Unit overview: What was the impact of WW2 on the people of Britain?
Lessons
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 1: Why did Britain go to war in 1939?
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 2: How did the Battle of Britain affect the Royal Air Force?
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 3: What do sources tell us about the Blitz?
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 4: What was evacuation like?
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 5: Did WW2 change women’s roles?
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 6: Why did people migrate to Britain during and after World War 2?
Key skills
- Sequencing events on a
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Key knowledge
- To understand that historical
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Key vocabulary
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – History Y5/6: What was the impact of WW2 on the people of Britain?
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Vocabulary display – History Year 5/6 (A): What was the impact of WW2 on the people of Britain?
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Spoken language; Writing.
Geography: Locational knowledge; Geographical skills and fieldwork.
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