Learning objective
- To investigate evacuation experiences using oral and printed records.
Success criteria
- I can make deductions about evacuation
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National curriculum
History
Pupils should be
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Cross-curricular links
English
Spoken language
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could group the sources from the Activity: Evacuation experiences into positive and negative experiences instead of writing in the Main event; could record their deductions using an audio playback device rather than writing in Main event.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could discuss who the audiences were for the newspaper articles; could consider which of the sources may be considered propaganda in the Main event.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: making deductions about evacuation
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Vocabulary definitions
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Anderson shelter
A type of air raid shelter made of steel and buried in the ground in residential gardens.
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blackout
Turning off or covering all lights to hide from enemy planes during air raids.
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In this unit
Assessment - History Y5/6 (A): The impact of World War 2
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: Lesson 3 (A): What do sources tell us about the Blitz?
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 4: What was evacuation like?
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 5: Did World War 2 change women's roles?
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 6: Why did people migrate to Britain during and after World War 2?
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 3: What do sources tell us about the Blitz?
Using photographs to make deductions about people's experiences of the Blitz.
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 2: How did the Battle of Britain affect the Royal Air Force?
Exploring the experiences of the Battle of Britain through oral histories.
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 1: Why did Britain go to war in 1939?
Investigating the causes and consequences of the events leading to war and creating a timeline...
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 6: Why did people migrate to Britain during and after World War 2?
Investigating the experiences of the Windrush generation during and after World War 2.
