World War Two: Full Unit of Study

This KS3 unit of study should take around 18-20 hours to complete. There is a Power Point included for every lesson which leads students through the activities and provides advice and guidance where required.

In teaching/loose chronological order, the lessons include:

• Communism, Democracy and Dictatorship: Introducing political concepts and their 1930s context.
• The Causes of WW2.
• The Main Turning Points of WW2.
• The Dunkirk Evacuation: How accurate are film portrayals?
• How Dangerous were the D-Day Landings?
• How were Commonwealth soldiers treated during WW2?
• What was it like to be a young person in Nazi Germany?
• The Persecution of the Jews: Nazi Germany, Ghettos and The Final Solution.
• Was “Blitz Spirit” real? The British Home Front.
• Why was Churchill a great war leader?
• What was it like to be evacuated?
• The Nazi defeat in Europe and aftermath of WW2.
• Should the US have dropped the A-bomb?

There are a great range of activities including discussion, debate, source analysis, independent research, creative writing and formal assessment. Please refer to individual lessons for more detail. The D-Day lesson introduces GCSE-style source questions (Edexcel) and the Dunkirk lesson assesses cross-reference with a mark scheme provided.