Heroes of World War 2 - Nancy Wake

Nancy Wake, The war time Hero

This set of activities can be used as a homework task, as an additional activity for students who complete set work early, as an introduction to Nancy Wake or a World War 2 unit of study or as an emergency cover lesson/activity when the normal teacher is not able to be present.

Nancy Wake was a World War 2 War Hero who worked tirelessly and often in great danger to help the French Resistance to overcome the German invasion of France. Her work in secretly assisting Jewish refugees and Allied troops to escape France and her ability to avoid capture earned her the nickname of “The White Mouse” from the Germans.

This set of activities can be used in a variety of ways.
It can be used as a reading comprehension activity (Activity 1 and 2)

Activity 1 is a reading activity where students will read about the life of Nancy Wake. The teacher may direct students to create a summary from this, a diary entry activity or other class discussion around persistence for example. Alternatively, the activity could be used as a reading comprehension activity where the class answers the questions on page 2 (Activity 2).
It can be used as a student research task (Activity 3)

Students will research the life of Nancy Wake using the focus questions provided and answering as they go. The activity will require students to search for information from a variety of websites. Space has been provided for students to record the sources of information.

Activities included in this resource

Page 1 - Biography reading task
Page 2 - Questions related to the Biography (Sample Solution included)
Page 3 - Scaffolded research task (Sample Solution included)
Page 4 - Find-A-Word activity (Sample Solution included)

This is the first of a series of resources based around World War 2 heroes currently being created and which will be available in the store.