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
Strand Unit: Life During World War II.
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.
- History:
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
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.
- History:
Strand Unit: Life During World War II.
The child should be enabled to
- Become familiar with aspects of the lives of these people
- Examine and become familiar with evidence which informs us about the lives of people in the periods studied, their thoughts and concerns, especially evidence which may be found locally.
Life during War Times.
Description:
These are a selection of photographs taking during the war in England. They are from both the BBC website and the Holnet website, and are available on the BBC History Website and the Holnet Website pr at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/http://holnet.lgfl.org.uk/index.html
Teaching Idea:
Curriculum Links:
Strand Unit: Life During World War II.
The child should be enabled to
Strand Unit: Oral Language: Developing receptiveness to oral language
The child should be enabled to
These are a selection of photographs taking during the war in England. They are from both the BBC website and the Holnet website, and are available on the BBC History Website and the Holnet Website pr at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/http://holnet.lgfl.org.uk/index.html
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.
- History: These photographs can be used to explore the lives of ordinary people living during World War II, particularly children and evacuees. They could be used as a stimulus to help illustrate the lives of children living in war times; they could be used as a stimulus for discussion and they could also reinforce information from other sources about the lives of people living in World War II.
Curriculum Links:
- History:
Strand Unit: Life During World War II.
The child should be enabled to
- Become familiar with aspects of the lives of these people
- Examine and become familiar with evidence which informs us about the lives of people in the periods studied, their thoughts and concerns, especially evidence which may be found locally.
- 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
Art Lost In War
Description:
Painting by Vincent van Gogh; 'The Painter on the Road to Tarascon' (1888) This painting is thought to have burned when the Allied bombed the town of Magdeburg. |
Description:
Painting by Vincent van Gogh; 'Still Life: Five Sunflowers in a Vase' (1888) This painting is thought to have been destroyed in a fire during World War II. |
Teaching Idea:
Curriculum Links:
Through completing the strand units of the visual arts curriculum the child should be enabled to:
An awareness of colour and tone
Strand: Paint and Colour
Strand Unit: Painting
The child should be enabled to:
- Visual Art:
Curriculum Links:
- Visual Art:
Through completing the strand units of the visual arts curriculum the child should be enabled to:
An awareness of colour and tone
- Develop sensitivity to subtleties in colour and tone in the visual environment
- Develop awareness of the effects of warm and cool colours, of complementary and harmonious colours and of variations in tone
- Mix and use subtle colours and tones and create rhythm, emphasis, contrast, spatial effects, mood and atmosphere in two and three dimensional work
Strand: Paint and Colour
Strand Unit: Painting
The child should be enabled to:
- Explore colour with a variety of colour drawing instruments, media and techniques
- Become sensitive to increasingly subtle colour differences and tonal variations in natural and manufactured objects
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:
It could be used to discuss the validity of primary and secondary sources, and whether sources can be biased, or show a particular viewpoint.
Curriculum Links:
Strand Unit: Life During World War II.
The child should be enabled to
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
1. Use comprehension skills such as analysing, confirming, evaluating, synthesising and correlating to aid deduction, problem solving and prediction.
2. Develop study skills such as skimming, scanning, note-taking and summarising
3. 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
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:
- History:
It could be used to discuss the validity of primary and secondary sources, and whether sources can be biased, or show a particular viewpoint.
Curriculum Links:
- History:
Strand Unit: Life During World War II.
The child should be enabled to
- Become familiar with aspects of the lives of these people
- Examine and become familiar with evidence which informs us about the lives of people in the periods studied, their thoughts and concerns, especially evidence which may be found locally.
- 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
1. Use comprehension skills such as analysing, confirming, evaluating, synthesising and correlating to aid deduction, problem solving and prediction.
2. Develop study skills such as skimming, scanning, note-taking and summarising
3. 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.
Germany Invades Europe!
Description:
This is an interactive map that shows Germany's gradual invasion and take-over of Europe.
The first map shows the invasion in the years 1939 - 1941, and the second map shows the invasion in the years 1941 - 1945.
The maps can be found on UK's National Archives Website or the can be found by following the links below:
Teaching Idea:
This resource could also be used to reinforce the sequence of the gradual invasion of Germany throughout Europe. It would be useful as a resource in a concluding lesson, to recap on the events of the German invasion.
Curriculum:
Strand Unit: Life During World War II.
The child should be enabled to
This is an interactive map that shows Germany's gradual invasion and take-over of Europe.
The first map shows the invasion in the years 1939 - 1941, and the second map shows the invasion in the years 1941 - 1945.
The maps can be found on UK's National Archives Website or the can be found by following the links below:
Teaching Idea:
- History:
This resource could also be used to reinforce the sequence of the gradual invasion of Germany throughout Europe. It would be useful as a resource in a concluding lesson, to recap on the events of the German invasion.
Curriculum:
- History:
Strand Unit: Life During World War II.
The child should be enabled to
- Become familiar with aspects of the lives of these people
- Examine and become familiar with evidence which informs us about the lives of people in the periods studied, their thoughts and concerns, especially evidence which may be found locally.
- Record the place of peoples and events on appropriate timelines.
Description:
Timetoast is a website that allows you to create a time line of events. It can be accessed at: http://www.timetoast.com/
Teaching Idea:
This would be an ideal resource to use with the Interactive Map outlining the German invasion, or the World War II Glog. By using this website and the interactive maps, the children will be enabled to see the sequence of events clearly; the time frame of the events, and what areas were affected.
Curriculum Links:
Strand Unit: Life During World War II.
The child should be enabled to
Timetoast is a website that allows you to create a time line of events. It can be accessed at: http://www.timetoast.com/
Teaching Idea:
This would be an ideal resource to use with the Interactive Map outlining the German invasion, or the World War II Glog. By using this website and the interactive maps, the children will be enabled to see the sequence of events clearly; the time frame of the events, and what areas were affected.
Curriculum Links:
- History:
Strand Unit: Life During World War II.
The child should be enabled to
- Record the place of peoples and events on appropriate timelines.
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: Life During World War II.
The child should be enabled to
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:
- History:
Strand Unit: Life During World War II.
The child should be enabled to
- Become familiar with aspects of the lives of these people
- Examine and become familiar with evidence which informs us about the lives of people in the periods studied, their thoughts and concerns, especially evidence which may be found locally.
- 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 History or Literacy lesson. The tasks are can be used in conjunction with the Diary extract as a resource for a Literacy lesson. The Diary extract itself can be used as a resource in a History lesson to teach the children about the lives of evacuees during World War II.
Tasks to accompany Barbara's Diary Extracts:
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Tasks to accompany George Knott's Accounts:
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Six Years of War
Description:
This is an interactive Glog of the timeline of events of World War II.
The full Glog can be found at: sarahkatesmith.edu.glogster.com/world-war-ii
Teaching Idea:
This Glog can be used as an interactive resource to help with the teaching of the sequence of events of World War II. It enables the children to see clearly the events of World War II and when exactly they took place. This resource could also be used in conjunction with Timetoast. The children could use IT to create their own timelines of the events of World War II, using this one as a stimulus.
Curriculum Links:
Strand Unit: Life During World War II.
The child should be enabled to
This is an interactive Glog of the timeline of events of World War II.
The full Glog can be found at: sarahkatesmith.edu.glogster.com/world-war-ii
Teaching Idea:
This Glog can be used as an interactive resource to help with the teaching of the sequence of events of World War II. It enables the children to see clearly the events of World War II and when exactly they took place. This resource could also be used in conjunction with Timetoast. The children could use IT to create their own timelines of the events of World War II, using this one as a stimulus.
Curriculum Links:
- History:
Strand Unit: Life During World War II.
The child should be enabled to
- Become familiar with aspects of the lives of these people
- Examine and become familiar with evidence which informs us about the lives of people in the periods studied, their thoughts and concerns, especially evidence which may be found locally.
- Record the place of peoples and events on appropriate timelines.
Wassily Kandinsky: The Sound Painter
Description:
These are three paintings by Wassily Kandinsky, a famous Russian painter.
Wassily Kandinsky is a painter from Moscow, who worked at the Staatliches Bauhaus during World War II. He is one of the pioneers of abstract modern art, who explored the interrelation between color and form to create an aesthetic experience that engaged the sight, sound, and emotions of the public.
Kandinsky is believed to have had synaesthesia, a condition that allows a person to appreciate sounds, colours or words with two or more senses simultaneously. In his case, colours and painted marks triggered particular sounds or musical notes and vice versa.
Teaching Idea:
These paintings by Wassily Kadinsky could be used as a stimulus to explore tone and colour. The children could be asked to use these paintings as a stimulus to create an original piece of art using different colours and tones. They could collectively create a piece of art on one strip of paper, or they could complete the task individually.
Curriculum Links:
Strand: Paint and Colour
Strand Unit: Painting
The child should be enabled to:
These are three paintings by Wassily Kandinsky, a famous Russian painter.
Wassily Kandinsky is a painter from Moscow, who worked at the Staatliches Bauhaus during World War II. He is one of the pioneers of abstract modern art, who explored the interrelation between color and form to create an aesthetic experience that engaged the sight, sound, and emotions of the public.
Kandinsky is believed to have had synaesthesia, a condition that allows a person to appreciate sounds, colours or words with two or more senses simultaneously. In his case, colours and painted marks triggered particular sounds or musical notes and vice versa.
Teaching Idea:
- Visual Art:
These paintings by Wassily Kadinsky could be used as a stimulus to explore tone and colour. The children could be asked to use these paintings as a stimulus to create an original piece of art using different colours and tones. They could collectively create a piece of art on one strip of paper, or they could complete the task individually.
Curriculum Links:
- Visual Art:
- Develop awareness of the effects of warm and cool colours, of complementary and harmonious colours and of variations in tone
- Mix and use subtle colours and tones and create rhythm, emphasis, contrast, spatial effects, mood and atmosphere in two and three dimensional work
Strand: Paint and Colour
Strand Unit: Painting
The child should be enabled to:
- Explore colour with a variety of colour drawing instruments, media and techniques
- Become sensitive to increasingly subtle colour differences and tonal variations in natural and manufactured objects
Wassily Kandinsky: A War Time Artist
Descrption:
These are three more paintings by Wassily Kandinsky, who was famous for his work during World War II.
Wassily Kandinsky is a painter from Moscow, who worked at the Staatliches Bauhaus during World War II. He is one of the pioneers of abstract modern art, who explored the interrelation between color and form to create an aesthetic experience that engaged the sight, sound, and emotions of the public.
Kandinsky is believed to have had synaesthesia, a condition that allows a person to appreciate sounds, colours or words with two or more senses simultaneously. In his case, colours and painted marks triggered particular sounds or musical notes and vice versa.
Teaching Idea:
Curriculum Links:
Strand: Paint and Colour
Strand Unit: Fabric and Fiber
The child should be enabled to:
These are three more paintings by Wassily Kandinsky, who was famous for his work during World War II.
Wassily Kandinsky is a painter from Moscow, who worked at the Staatliches Bauhaus during World War II. He is one of the pioneers of abstract modern art, who explored the interrelation between color and form to create an aesthetic experience that engaged the sight, sound, and emotions of the public.
Kandinsky is believed to have had synaesthesia, a condition that allows a person to appreciate sounds, colours or words with two or more senses simultaneously. In his case, colours and painted marks triggered particular sounds or musical notes and vice versa.
Teaching Idea:
- Visual Art:
Curriculum Links:
- Visual Art:
- Recognise that lines can have varying qualities, e.g. of density, texture, pattern and direction, and can create shapes and suggest movement, rhythm and form
- Use line expressively and with greater sensitivity to materials and tools
- Invent and experiment with a variety of shapes to create rhythm, balance, contrast, emphasis and/or a sense of space in drawings, paintings and other media
- Focus sometimes on shape, edges and layout on the picture plane without emphasis on depth
Strand: Paint and Colour
Strand Unit: Fabric and Fiber
The child should be enabled to:
- Explore and discover the possibilities of fabric and fibre as media for imaginative expression
- Make small inventive pieces in fabric and fibre