Key learning points

1. Different towns, villages and areas helped to support the war effort by making certain things.
2. Historical buildings in pupils’ local areas may have been used to help support the war effort.
3. Streets and roads are often named after people who made a significant contribution to the war effort in some way.
4. The older generations within pupils’ families might have played a role in supporting the war effort on the Home Front.

Keywords

• Produce - produce is something that people have made, created or grown; it also means to make something

• Materiel - military equipment used for war is called materiel

• Contribution - a contribution is the part that people play in supporting something with either time or money

Common misconception