War is Declared!
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Description:
This is an audio and transcript of an excerpt of Neville Chamberlain's radio broadcast to the people of Britain on the 3rd of September 1939, declaring war on Germany. The full audio can be found on the BBC History website or at http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/ww2outbreak/7917.shtml Teaching Idea:
Below are some examples of tasks that the pupils could be given: |
Imagine you are living in London in 1939 and you have just heard Neville Chamberlain's broadcast on the radio announcing that war has been declared. Write a diary entry describing how you feel and how you think war will affect your life in the future.
You are a journalist for a top British newspaper and have just heard Neville Chamberlain's announcement on the radio. Write a newspaper article that will appear in tomorrows newspaper.
Curriculum Links:
Strand Unit: Oral Language: Developing receptiveness to oral language.
The child should be enabled to
Strand: Developing cognitive abilities through language
Strand Unit: Writing: Clarifying thought through writing
The child should be enabled to
Strand: Emotional and imaginative development through language
Strand Unit: Writing: Developing emotional and imaginative life through writing
The child should be enabled to
You are a journalist for a top British newspaper and have just heard Neville Chamberlain's announcement on the radio. Write a newspaper article that will appear in tomorrows newspaper.
Curriculum Links:
- Enlish:
Strand Unit: Oral Language: Developing receptiveness to oral language.
The child should be enabled to
- Interpret mood, attitude, emotion and atmosphere in video extracts, advertisements, paintings and photographs.
- Listen to radio broadcasts and discuss what has been learned
Strand: Developing cognitive abilities through language
Strand Unit: Writing: Clarifying thought through writing
The child should be enabled to
- Write in a wide variety of genres
- Write for a particular purpose and with a particular audience in mind
Strand: Emotional and imaginative development through language
Strand Unit: Writing: Developing emotional and imaginative life through writing
The child should be enabled to
- Express in writing reactions to music, artwork, films, television programmes and videos.
Life during War Times.
Description: These are a selection of photographs taking during the war in England. They are from the BBC website and are available on the BBC History Website or at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/.
Teaching Idea:
Curriculum Links:
Strand Unit: Oral Language: Developing receptiveness to oral language
The child should be enabled to
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/.
Teaching Idea:
- English: These photographs could be used as a stimulus for oral language lessons. The teacher could hold a class discussion based on the one or more of the photographs. It would be more suitable for a class who has done work on World War II and have learned about the affects war has had on peoples lives.
Curriculum Links:
- English
Strand Unit: Oral Language: Developing receptiveness to oral language
The child should be enabled to
- Interpret mood, attitude, emotion and atmosphere in video extracts, advertisements, paintings and photographs.
- Listen to radio broadcasts and discuss what has been learned
The Dunkirk Rescue!
Description:
This is an article from 'London Calling', the BBC's overseas journal. It is an account from a yachtsman of the journey he and his crew took on a motor yacht, 'The Curlew', to Dunkirk, where they witnessed the scene and narrowly escaped being hit by a German bomber. It can be found on the BBC's Archive Website or at http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/dunkirk/14416.shtml.
Teaching Idea:
Curriculum Links:
Strand Unit: Writing: Creating and fostering the impulse to write
The child should be enabled to
Strand Unit: Reading: Developing strategies
The child should be enabled to
Strand: Developing cognitive abilities through language
Strand Unit: Writing: Clarifying thought through writing
The child should be enabled to
Strand Unit: Reading: Developing Interests, attitudes, information retrieval skills and the ability to think.
The child should be enabled to
Strand: Competence and confidence in using language
Strand Unit: Reading: Reading for pleasure and information
The child should be enabled to
This is an article from 'London Calling', the BBC's overseas journal. It is an account from a yachtsman of the journey he and his crew took on a motor yacht, 'The Curlew', to Dunkirk, where they witnessed the scene and narrowly escaped being hit by a German bomber. It can be found on the BBC's Archive Website or at http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/dunkirk/14416.shtml.
Teaching Idea:
- English:
Curriculum Links:
- English:
Strand Unit: Writing: Creating and fostering the impulse to write
The child should be enabled to
- Observe the teacher model a wide variety of writing genres
- Write for an increasingly varied audience
- Experinve interesting and relevant writing challenges
Strand Unit: Reading: Developing strategies
The child should be enabled to
- Engage with an increasing range of narrative, expository and representational text.
Strand: Developing cognitive abilities through language
Strand Unit: Writing: Clarifying thought through writing
The child should be enabled to
- Write in a wide variety of genres
- Write for a particular purpose with a particular audience in mind
Strand Unit: Reading: Developing Interests, attitudes, information retrieval skills and the ability to think.
The child should be enabled to
- Use comprehension skills such as analysing, confirming, evaluating, synthesising and correlating to aid deduction, problem solving and prediction.
- Develop study skills such as skimming, scanning, note-taking and summarising
- Explore appropriate non-fiction texts for various purposes.
Strand: Competence and confidence in using language
Strand Unit: Reading: Reading for pleasure and information
The child should be enabled to
- Read widely as an independent reader from a more challenging range of reading material, including stories, poems, myths, legends, novels and non-fiction texts appropriate to his/her age and reading ability.
Description:
Holnet is a website about London and the War which is suitable for both teachers and students. It is an interactive website and can be used by students to research different aspects of life in London during World War II. The website contains information about Shelters and Air Raids, as well as the lives of ordinary children and adults.
It is available at: http://holnet.lgfl.org.uk/index.html
Teaching Idea:
The Primary School Curriculum states that children should learn about the lives of people during World War II, and this resource is ideal to use in the classroom to assist with the this. Documents can be found below that can be used as a resource for both History and English; they include reading comprehension tasks and writing tasks.
Curriculum Links:
Strand Unit: Writing: Creating and fostering the impulse to write
The child should be enabled to
Strand Unit: Reading: Developing strategies
The child should be enabled to
Strand: Developing cognitive abilities through language
Strand Unit: Writing: Clarifying thought through writing
The child should be enabled to
Strand Unit: Reading: Developing Interests, attitudes, information retrieval skills and the ability to think.
The child should be enabled to
Strand: Competence and confidence in using language
Strand Unit: Reading: Reading for pleasure and information
The child should be enabled to
Holnet is a website about London and the War which is suitable for both teachers and students. It is an interactive website and can be used by students to research different aspects of life in London during World War II. The website contains information about Shelters and Air Raids, as well as the lives of ordinary children and adults.
It is available at: http://holnet.lgfl.org.uk/index.html
Teaching Idea:
The Primary School Curriculum states that children should learn about the lives of people during World War II, and this resource is ideal to use in the classroom to assist with the this. Documents can be found below that can be used as a resource for both History and English; they include reading comprehension tasks and writing tasks.
Curriculum Links:
- English:
Strand Unit: Writing: Creating and fostering the impulse to write
The child should be enabled to
- Write for an increasingly varied audience
- Experinve interesting and relevant writing challenges
Strand Unit: Reading: Developing strategies
The child should be enabled to
- Engage with an increasing range of narrative, expository and representational text.
Strand: Developing cognitive abilities through language
Strand Unit: Writing: Clarifying thought through writing
The child should be enabled to
- Write in a wide variety of genres
- Write for a particular purpose with a particular audience in mind
Strand Unit: Reading: Developing Interests, attitudes, information retrieval skills and the ability to think.
The child should be enabled to
- Use comprehension skills such as analysing, confirming, evaluating, synthesising and correlating to aid deduction, problem solving and prediction.
- Develop study skills such as skimming, scanning, note-taking and summarising
- Explore appropriate non-fiction texts for various purposes.
Strand: Competence and confidence in using language
Strand Unit: Reading: Reading for pleasure and information
The child should be enabled to
- Read widely as an independent reader from a more challenging range of reading material, including stories, poems, myths, legends, novels and non-fiction texts appropriate to his/her age and reading ability.
Below are extracts from Holnet which can be downloaded and used as a resource in a Literacy lesson. The tasks are can be used in conjunction with the Diary extract as a resource for a Literacy lesson.
Tasks to accompany Barbara's Diary Extracts:
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Tasks to accompany George Knott's Accounts:
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