KS2 WW2: Lesson 2, what was The Blitz?

The second of six lessons in this WW2 topic.
TECHNOLOGY-LED lesson: only download this lesson if you class can have access to Chromebooks or iPads.

What this lesson is about:
Main learning objective: What was The Blitz and how can we find out more information using primary and secondary sources?

The PowerPoint explores:

• The Phoney War
• Summary of The Blitz with explanations around the origin of the name
• Videos and photographs depicting shelters, bomber planes, destruction of cities
• Description of difference between primary and secondary sources

The activity:
Using a mixture of primary and secondary resources provided, the task is to information-gather across these sources to fill in the worksheet. The worksheet has boxes provided for the children to write what they have learned about The Blitz through their research.
There is an alternative scaffolded worksheet with fewer boxes to fill in, and a useful ‘word bank’ to help with key vocabulary.

Uploaded documents:

• Teaching PowerPoint
• Worksheet and scaffolded worksheet