Significant turning points: how did experiences differ during WWII?
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of war and conflict that they began to develop in the earlier unit on the impact of the Great War on local communities. Pupils' understanding of the scale of the conflict involved in this unit is more easily contextualised and understood having studied this. This unit prepares pupils for the next unit about the ways in which Britain changed after the Second World War, giving them the requisite knowledge to contextualise the events that came after it.
Prior knowledge requirements
- An awareness of the Second World War from 'Elizabeth II: what was her life like?'
- An understanding of how photographs are used as historical evidence, as introduced in, ' Photographs from history: what can they tell us about Britain's recent past?'
- An understanding of the British Empire and Commonwealth, as introduced in units like 'Elizabeth II: what was her life like?''
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of war and conflict that they began to develop in the earlier unit on the impact of the Great War on local communities. Pupils' understanding of the scale of the conflict involved in this unit is more easily contextualised and understood having studied this. This unit prepares pupils for the next unit about the ways in which Britain changed after the Second World War, giving them the requisite knowledge to contextualise the events that came after it.
Prior knowledge requirements
- An awareness of the Second World War from 'Elizabeth II: what was her life like?'
- An understanding of how photographs are used as historical evidence, as introduced in, ' Photographs from history: what can they tell us about Britain's recent past?'
- An understanding of the British Empire and Commonwealth, as introduced in units like 'Elizabeth II: what was her life like?''
Significant turning points: how did experiences differ during WWII?
In this unit, pupils learn about the outbreak of the Second World War and examine different wartime experiences from across Britain and her empire. They also develop their understanding of the second-order concepts of similarity and difference.
6 lessons in unit
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