WW2 - What Was the Impact of the Blitz

This lesson contains:

• A starter which reteaches previously taught material, which can be edited to suit whatever you previously taught.
• An on-board overview of the background to the Blitz and some of the statistics, so that students can work out that this war took its toll on civilians much more than the previous war. The slides then take students through the idea that aircraft are now much more deadly in this war, with examples from Spain, Poland and China, and then looking at Rotterdam as well.
• A discussion task for students to determine where the Nazis might attack given the choice of different targets on the map. Students might choose between cities, industry or military targets, and justify this choice.
• A main task to work through the guided reading in the booklet to discover what the Blitz was, what the intention was (from sources), and then what the impact of the Blitz was. These exercises are done in the students’ book. It uses on-board information to show the shelters, defense forces and subways being used, as well as a video from Blitz Street on YouTube.
• A final task to use the sources provided to answer what the cost of the Blitz was, and where this worked in crushing Britain.
• A plenary to examine photos of London during the Blitz and write how this would have affected the people living there.

Attachments:

• 1 x Powerpoint Presentation
• 1 x Publisher File