Links
www.nmpft.org.uk/britonsatwar
www.learningcurve.gov.uk/homefront/default.htm
Excellent site offering diary, activity, WORD Worksheets and time line downloads on preparations for war; evacuation; bombing of Britain; Empire home front; everyday life; women at war and spies. Lots of available research for students and teachers alike.
www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/home.shtml
BBC site about children during World War 2, including a wartime home; rationing challenge and evacuee’s letters. Includes detailed notated photographs and a rationing challenge. Research room includes photos and posters, letters and documents, radio and sounds. Printable worksheets in the teachers and parents areas.
www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/index.shtml
More detailed site from the BBC on World War 2, more of a reference site rather than activities, but very useful. Includes advertising posters that give a fascinating insight into home life during World War 2. More for teacher research than student participation. No downloadable worksheets.
www.holnet.org.uk/learningzone/londonatwar/index.html
Very detailed site with lots of photos and art work including information on shelters, air raids, children and the war. Daily life looks at women at war, business as usual, dig for victory, rationing, spam and spivs and the people’s peace. Easy site for students to navigate themselves with lots of very relevant, interesting, pictures, no worksheets.
www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/20050415/History/Keystage2/invest~00/whatwasis/introduct/default.htm
This site looks at how Wales was affected by World War 2. Pupils are encouraged to investigate changes which tool place for specific people, investigate them within a set framework of sources and reconstruct a picture of what life was like. Includes on detailed teachers’ notes, worksheets, line activities and extension ideas.
www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/as/ww2/index.shtml
Students find out what Scotland was like during the Second World War by entering this site as an enemy spy. You have to gather information about the war at home, at school and on the street. Teachers area with detailed curriculum references. Downloadable notebooks enable students to complete their spy log.
www.channel4.com/apps26/learning/microsites/E/essentials/history/units/warchild_bi.shtml
A site exploring what World War 2 was like for children. Includes FAQs, activities for home (including war time baking), quiz and history A-Z. Teachers’ resources include downloadable worksheets, image bank, web links and search engine.
www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/20/lifeinww2/index.htm
What it was like to live through World War 2, life in the Forces, what people wore and eat, what it was like for children and encourages children to give their thoughts about the war. Downloadable resources include lots of activates for the classroom and background reading for teachers.
www.westallswar.org.uk
An excellent site featuring one specific part of World War 2. Set in North Shields, the site explores air raids and their victims, heroes and people’s memories. Very well recommended by teachers, lots of photos and information but no downloadable resources.
www.nwlg.org/pages/resources/homefront/
High quality interactive activities to help young people understand aspects of life in wartime Britain such as rationing, evacuation, the role of women and gas masks. There are photographs and video extracts of people sharing their experiences. Archive with interviews from veterans and civilians on what daily life was really like. Interactive activities include caption match (matching the caption to the photographs). No downloadable resources but good student use of ICT.
www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/war.html
Nettlesworth Primary School has produced this classroom resource about World War II for Key Stage 2 pupils. Learn about the important figures of the war and about the effects of the war on daily life, such as rationing. Also includes a trivia quiz. No downloadable worksheets but easy to understand pages for students to browse.
caber.open.ac.uk/schools/stanway/index.html
A site that looks particularly at the role of women at war including the forces, land army, WVS, industry, nursing, civil defence and entertainment. More detailed site for teacher research.