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P7: World War II
Introduction:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/walk/ (timeline)
General WWII sites:
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishhistory/twentiethcentury/ww2/index.asp
(Learning and Teaching Scotland’s excellent set of lessons, questions and
interactive games)
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/homefront/default.htm
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/nettsch/time/wlife.html
http://www.iwm.org.uk/ (Imperial War Museum)
http://www.battleofbritain.net/contents-index.html (a great amount of
information, includes speeches)
http://heritage.scotsman.com/videos.cfm?category=2 (video clips- take a while
to download)
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/onfilm/prep.htm (more videos)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWhome.htm (heaps of information
on everything to do with the war)
http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/cyberhunts/1930shunt.htm (quiz for
children to research answers from various sites – good end of topic exercise,
but only first few questions relate to WWII)
http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/exhibitions/ww2stamps/ (WWII in stamps)
Who was Hitler?:
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/threat.htm (listen to Hitler
making a speech)
War is Declared:
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/history/outbreak.htm (newspaper report
exercise)
Scotland’s War:
http://www.ww2inthehighlands.co.uk/index.html (excellent site with videos,
teacher resources and more weblinks)
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http://www.nms.ac.uk/war/home/index.asp (National War Museum of
Scotland)
Defending Scotland:
http://www.gordonhighlanders.com/home.cfm?p=education (Gordon
Highlanders)
Evacuation:
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/impactofwar/wwiigovernment.html
(evacuation & rationing mind map)
http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/evacmenu.htm (school site) or
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/wwar.htm (home front) or
http://sites.ecosse.net/stthomas/second_world_war.htm (another school site)
The Blitz:
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/impactofwar/wwiiblitz.html (blitz mind
map)
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/impactofwar/wwiiblitzmatch.html (blitz
quiz)
Doing your bit:
http://www.4learning.co.uk/essentials/history/units/warchild_bi.shtml (Various
activities, images & worksheets)
http://www.homesweethomefront.co.uk/templates/hshf_frameset_tem.htm
(lots of information and some excellent pictures)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/as/ww2/ (at home, in school, in the
street)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/home.shtml (a wartime home,
rationing, evacuees’ letters)
http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/rat1.htm (school site - rationing)
Roles of men and women:
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/impactofwar/wwiiwomen.html (women
in war - mind map)
http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/women.htm (school site - women in war)
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Winston Churchill’s speech - cloze exercise:
http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/winston.htm
Propaganda:
http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/propagan.htm (good images of posters +
puzzles)
Holocaust/Anne Frank Story:
http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/ (holocaust)
http://fcit.usf.edu/Holocaust/ (teachers’ and pupils’ sections, includes music,
art, timeline, etc.)
http://www.annefrank.com/ (Anne Frank site)
http://www.annefrank.org/content.asp?pid=1&lid=2 (another Anne Frank site)
D-Day:
http://www.ddaymuseum.org/education/history_intro.html
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0206/feature1/
How we remember the past:
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/nettsch/time/wlife.html (video of war memorial in
Edinburgh castle - Real player needed)
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