Geography:
Keyquestionsforthisareaoflearning:
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Whatwerethereasonsforwar?
Whatwaslifelikeforchildren?
Whatweretheeffectsofwaronfamilies
andeverydaylife?
DidallGermanssupportHitler?
OpportunitiesforEnglish:
Developmentofpersuasivewriting
(PropagandaPosters)
Developmentofletterwriting(Evacueeletters-look
atappropriatelanguage/Sensesmapping)
Journalisticwriting(Newspaperreports)
GuidedReading(GoodnightMrTom/SilverSword)
Analysisandwritingwarpoetry
Choralspeaking(Churchillspeech)
Playscripts–evacuation/bombingraid
To be able to identify and
analyse the countries of
Europe(recognisingborders)
from 1939 compare and
contrast.
Tocompareandcontrastthe
populationsofEurope1939:
Whatwere the %ofJewsin
eachcountry?Comparethis
to 1945 Europe map. How
hadthe%ofJewschanged?
To locate and map the axis,
alliesandneutralcountries.
To research and map the
extentofNazioccupation.
Where
were
children
evacuated to? Use UK map
toanalyse.
Europeancapitalcities
Science:
LifeCycles&Plant&AnimalReproduction–
Whylivingthingsreproduceandthehumanlife
cycle,comparedwithotheranimals.Emotional
andphysicalchangesatpuberty
Art:
PropagandaPosters
Research reasons for the posters and look
attheroleofthewarartist.
Development of sketching and painting
skills.
Landscapes of the Blitz (St. Pauls,
Manchester)
French:
Recapofpreviousunits
TheSeasons:The names of seasons,
Talking about seasonal activities,Saying
the date and when their birthday is,
Naming craft materials,Following craft
instructions
WorldWarTwo
Isitrighttofight?
IssuesofRefugees
Moralisticissuestreatedsensitively.
TouchontheHolocaustandthe
plightoftheJewishpeople.
Visits,visitorsorkeyevents
RemembranceDay
Imperial
War Museum North
Visit
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Opportunitiesfor
maths:
Real life rationing problems
(weeklybudgets)
Distance and percentage
problems related to Nazi
occupation.
Codebreakingopportunities
relatedtotheEnigmaCode.
History:
PhysicalEducation:
R.E.:
Football, Drama/role play
reactingtoanairraid.
Playground games from
theera.
Designandtechnology:
Rationing- bake a cake from
a war time recipe compare
toacontemporaryone.
Movingvehicleproject.
KeyVocabulary
TreatyofVersailles
Evacuation/Evacuee
Anderson/Morrison/
PublicShelters
Rationing
Holocaust
Propaganda
Hitler/Stalin/Mussolini
Churchill
Nazi
Blitzkrieg
Axis
Allies
Neutral
HomeFront
Refugee
Lifecycle
Reproduction
Extinct
Adult
Music:
MusicofWW2-VeraLynn
Composerfocus-BenjaminBritten
ChristmassongsfromtheWW2
era.
Metamorphosis
Pregnancy
Computing:
‘Let’scommunicateonline’includingbeingsafeonline.
‘Magicalmathsquiz’
TounderstandwhenandwhyWorldWar2commenced(Timeline)
TounderstandthebombingraidsonBritain(Blitz-newsreports)
To understand why children were evacuated. (How would this have
feltforthem)?
Tounderstandtheeffectsofwaroneverydaylifesuchasrationing
HomeLearning/Thingstodo/Placestovisit
ImperialWarMuseum(Freeentry),StockportAirRaid
Shelter,Canyouinvestigaterationing,Createapresentation
offamilyWorldWarIIconnections,makeamodelofaplane
orairraidshelter?timestablespractice,Canyoulearnall
thenamesofthecapitalcitiesofEurope?