Battle of Britain and the Blitz

This lesson teaches both the Blitz and the Battle of Britain, and could be used over 1 or 2 lessons.
It’s a teacher-led lesson, which will get your class learning and writing a lot, and could be easily adapted for an ECT observation lesson. It was made for a class with challenging behaviour.

• Student instructions are in yellow boxes.
• The Do Now Activity recalls some basic information about the start of WWII. I used it for a class who had not studied it recently, so don’t worry if this is the first lesson in the scheme of learning or the class is lower ability.
• Toward the end they have several sections of a YouTube video to watch, answering 4 questions. Carefully chosen timestamps are included.
• The plenary ensures they leave the lesson understanding the key concepts.