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History : World War 2

Life after World War II * * * * *

Life after World War II

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS1, KS2
History
 
Site owner's description: The recession and depression following the second world war.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
Story vault * * * * *

Story vault

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3
History
 
Britain Prepares for War * * * * *

Britain Prepares for War

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools
Review: A useful history website, with some excellent free resources for use in the classroom - suitable for secondary school use
History
 
Researching Famous People from WW2 * * * * *

Researching Famous People from WW2

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3
History
 
Site owner's description: PowerPoint file
Tour of Holocaust exhibition aimed at children * * * * *

Tour of Holocaust exhibition aimed at children

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS3, KS4
History
 
Site owner's description: A Holocaust exhibition specially designed for children has opened in Nottinghamshire.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
Leaders biographies * * * * *

Leaders biographies

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3
History
 
WWII Evacuation Assembly * * * * *

WWII Evacuation Assembly

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3
History
 
Site owner's description: Word document
Assembly Script: World War II * * * * *

Assembly Script: World War II

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3
History
 
Site owner's description: Printable - PDF (Acrobat reader)
World War II Facts * * * * *

World War II Facts

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3
History
 
Site owner's description: PowerPoint file
How did women win the vote? * * * * *

How did women win the vote?

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS3, KS4
History
 
Site owner's description: One woman's testimony as to the different methods used by the suffragists and the suffragettes.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
Shellshock (pt 1/3) * * * * *

Shellshock (pt 1/3)

 
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Well suited for use in UK schools KS3, KS4
History
 
Site owner's description: Shell shock was such a difficult disease because there was no wound to be seen.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
The Victoria Cross * * * * *

The Victoria Cross

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS3, KS4
History
 
Site owner's description: The story of two airmen, awarded VCs in the First World War.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
The lasting influence of the First World War * * * * *

The lasting influence of the First World War

 
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Well suited for use in UK schools KS3, KS4
History
 
Site owner's description: How memory of the First World War influenced British public opinion against war.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
Captain Sayers, the Somme and his gun * * * * *

Captain Sayers, the Somme and his gun

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS3, KS4
History
 
Site owner's description: Retracing the life of a World War I captain after his gun is found in a charity shop in Leicester.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
Did World War One help or hinder medicine (pt 2/2) * * * * *

Did World War One help or hinder medicine (pt 2/2)

 
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History
 
Site owner's description: The conflicting views of the impact of World War One on medicine. It shows the 'official' government view versus the medics on the front line.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
Key Events in WWII * * * * *

Key Events in WWII

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3
History
 
Site owner's description: Word document
Rationing * * * * *

Rationing

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3
History
 
The Great War * * * * *

The Great War

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools
Review: A useful history website, with some excellent free resources for use in the classroom - suitable for secondary school use
History
 
NEM gallery - War * * * * *

NEM gallery - War

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3
History
 
Churchill: 'This was their finest hour' (audio) * * * * *

Churchill: 'This was their finest hour' (audio)

 
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History
 
Site owner's description: Speech made by Sir Winston Churchill on 18 June 1940, preparing the nation for the "Battle of Britain" to come.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
BBC news summary announces D-Day (audio) * * * * *

BBC news summary announces D-Day (audio)

 
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Well suited for use in UK schools KS1, KS2
History
 
Site owner's description: A BBC newsreader announces 'D-Day' has arrived.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
The Treaty of Versailles, 1919 * * * * *

The Treaty of Versailles, 1919

 
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History
 
Site owner's description: In 1919 the leaders of the victorious nations met at Versailles to make a peace settlement.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
Simon Wiesenthal Center Home Page * * * * *

Simon Wiesenthal Center Home Page

 
Mainly suitable for:
KS3
Review: History. This site seeks to explore and explain the unexplainable. Year 9 pupils with your guidance will be able to confront the horror and come up with answers and wisdom.
History
 
The Diary of Anne Frank - Miep hides the truth from the Van Daans * * * * *

The Diary of Anne Frank - Miep hides the truth from the Van Daans

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS1, KS2
History
 
Site owner's description: Miep hides the truth about the what's happended to the Van Daan's home
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
Return to the trenches * * * * *

Return to the trenches

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS3, KS4
History
 
Site owner's description: A solider’s return to the trenches in Belgium.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
A ride with a World War 2 fire engine (audio) * * * * *

A ride with a World War 2 fire engine (audio)

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS1, KS2
History
 
Site owner's description: Archive recording of a fire tender racing through the streets of London during the Blitz.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
Evacuees from Manchester talk about their experiences (audio) * * * * *

Evacuees from Manchester talk about their experiences (audio)

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS1, KS2
History
 
Site owner's description: Evacuees from the centre of Manchester talk about their experiences of being evacuated to the Lancashire countryside
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
Scotland During the Second World War * * * * *

Scotland During the Second World War

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools
Review: A useful history website, with some excellent free resources for use in the classroom - suitable for secondary school use
History
 
Flanagan and Allen sing 'Run rabbit run' (audio) * * * * *

Flanagan and Allen sing 'Run rabbit run' (audio)

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS1, KS2
History
 
Site owner's description: 'Run Rabbit Run' was a popular war time song from the duo Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
Scottish industry in the 1940s * * * * *

Scottish industry in the 1940s

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS3, KS4
History
 
Site owner's description: Review of the Scottish industrial scene immediately after World War Two.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
Diary of a Young Girl * * * * *

Diary of a Young Girl

 
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Well suited for use in UK schools KS3, KS4
History
 
Site owner's description: An interview with Anne Frank's father, Otto Frank.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
The Unknown Warrior * * * * *

The Unknown Warrior

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS1, KS2
History
 
Site owner's description: Magic Grandad takes the children to a peace party after the end of the First World War. They all visit Westminster Abbey.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
Evacuation Suitcase Contents * * * * *

Evacuation Suitcase Contents

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3
History
 
Site owner's description: Word document
Dress the ARP warden * * * * *

Dress the ARP warden

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3
History
 
Site owner's description: Flash file
Children being evacuated on 1 September 1939 (audio) * * * * *

Children being evacuated on 1 September 1939 (audio)

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS1, KS2
History
 
Site owner's description: BBC News Station reports on the evacuation of children from Waterloo Station on 1 September 1939.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
Shellshock (pt 3/3) * * * * *

Shellshock (pt 3/3)

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS3, KS4
History
 
Site owner's description: Description of the different attitudes to World War 1 deserters diagnosed with shell shock.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
The perils of being a WWI flying ace * * * * *

The perils of being a WWI flying ace

 
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Well suited for use in UK schools KS3, KS4
History
 
Site owner's description: What was it like to be a First World War pilot?
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
WW2 Timeline Display Cards * * * * *

WW2 Timeline Display Cards

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3
History
 
Site owner's description: Printable - PDF (Acrobat reader)
British women at war, 1914-1918 * * * * *

British women at war, 1914-1918

 
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS3, KS4
History
 
Site owner's description: A brief review of the important part played by British women on the Home Front during the First World War.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
Memories of the Spitfire in World War II * * * * *

Memories of the Spitfire in World War II

 
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Well suited for use in UK schools KS3, KS4
History
 
Site owner's description: 70th anniversary of the Spitfire
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips

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