Friday 22nd January
LO: to understand the effect of war on everyday life and to learn what it was like to be an evacuee
Activity 1
Start by watching one or both of the videos below
Activity 2
Next, go through the power point and think about/make notes about the answer to these questions
How old do they look? What do you think they felt like? What’s the longest time you’ve spent away from home? How long do you think they spent away?
On slide 13 read the slide and then think about these questions
A Letter from an evacuee and questions
Talking points about letter
Activity 3
Write a letter home from the point of view of an evacuee. You need to decide on how you feel about being an evacuee.
Read the Evacuee interview document to get a sense what it was like to be an evacuee during this time
Checklist of things you need to include in your letter
The letter will be an informal letter ( not like the one we wrote in English from Mrs Sass about Liam's behavior in the school assembly)
Monday 11th January 2021
Today we will look at the Blitz
Here is a video to start you off with
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4idj7fI6OZg
Then go through the Blitz notebook document its a pdf and answer the questions as you come to them on pages 1, 3 and 4
Complete the mid map on page 5
Then watch this video of what it might have felt like to be sheltering while London was being bombed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FpQM6FEqWE
Finally complete one of the tasks either a diary entry on page 6 or a poem on page 7
Remember to date and save all your work in your coloured folder
Happy Friyay 8th January 2021
We are going to carry on our History of World War 2 from the work we did on Winston Churchill.
Today if you can go through the powerpoint and then complete the timeline activity.
You can complete it on the attached sheet or make up your own timeline on the computer or by hand. Dont forget to complete the other task on the sheet.
PLEASE SAVE ALL YOUR WORK AND OUT IT IN THE COLOURED FOLDER YOU TOOK HOME WITH YOU AND WE CAN LOOK AT IT ALL AND STICK IT IN YOUR HISTORY BOOK ON YOUR RETURN TO SCHOOL
Below is a link to a video that quickly explains WW2 in 7 minutes !!
World War 2 in 7 Minutes - Manny Man Does History - YouTube