Black and Asian Soldiers / Army Personnel in World War 2 : PPT, Biographies and Activities

This pack contains biographies of nine black and Asian soldiers / army personnel from the Commonwealth who took part in World War 2. It features World War 2 heroes from India, Africa and the Caribbean.
This resource is ideal for studying significant people in World War 2, Black History Month or exploring biography text types. A flexible resource with enough content for several lessons. Suitable for KS2.

The resource includes:
• A 15 slide PPT presentation with biographical information and video links.
• Comprehension worksheets to accompany each biography.
• Follow Up Activity 1 – A discussion exercise requiring students to organise the biographies using a Diamond 9 Ranking system.
• Follow Up Activity 2 – Students create a medal and write a citation for one of the people featured in the pack. A template is provided to aid this activity.
• Differentiated biography writing templates which students can use to create their own biography of one of the featured heroes.
• A PDF containing all the biographies and instructions for the Diamond 9 Ranking activity.

The World War 2 Heroes featured in this resource are:
• Learie Constantine
• Ulric cross
• James Hyde
• Billy Strachan
• Prakash Singh Chib
• Lilian Bader
• Johnny Symthe
• Noor Inayat Khan
• Yeshwant Ghadge