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![The Dunkirk Evacuation: Accuracy of film portrayal](https://d1e4pidl3fu268.cloudfront.net/f6ef6bdf-2337-4992-ba38-6cd3ea9b761c/Dunkirk.crop_546x410_2,0.preview.jpg)
The Dunkirk Evacuation: Accuracy of film portrayal
![World War Two Evacuation](https://d1e4pidl3fu268.cloudfront.net/7011a42e-3e04-48dd-8576-350ef583c5cc/Evacuation.crop_584x438_9,0.preview.jpg)
World War Two Evacuation
![Commonwealth involvement and treatment during WW2](https://d1e4pidl3fu268.cloudfront.net/fa8d145a-7d95-4b59-91e8-544881a69408/CommonwealthWW2.crop_586x440_0,5.preview.jpg)
Commonwealth involvement and treatment during WW2
![What was it like to be a young person in Nazi Germany?](https://d1e4pidl3fu268.cloudfront.net/68ba0d46-d148-421a-8614-485bf690dbe9/YoungNazis.crop_580x435_0,7.preview.jpg)
What was it like to be a young person in Nazi Germany?
![Nazi Persecution of the Jews](https://d1e4pidl3fu268.cloudfront.net/133aaa96-2867-4067-abc1-69a7eb97600c/Holocaust.crop_589x442_10,7.preview.jpg)
Nazi Persecution of the Jews
![What were the main events of WW2?](https://d1e4pidl3fu268.cloudfront.net/fc3ee6be-8741-4493-bffe-3da59d4d82f0/EventsofWW2.crop_537x403_13,0.preview.jpg)
What were the main events of WW2?
![What caused World War Two?](https://d1e4pidl3fu268.cloudfront.net/eae9b77e-bc7b-4b6b-8449-ec227403084a/CausesWW2.crop_591x443_0,7.preview.jpg)
What caused World War Two?
![How do communism, democracy and dictatorship differ?](https://d1e4pidl3fu268.cloudfront.net/5e6a8a69-c3b1-4a17-bbe8-38786de1dd3d/Politicalsystems.crop_601x450_0,2.preview.jpg)
How do communism, democracy and dictatorship differ?
![What were the dangers faced during D-Day?](https://d1e4pidl3fu268.cloudfront.net/39645a94-3581-48f1-849e-99e12107b480/DDay.crop_685x514_14,0.preview.jpg)
What were the dangers faced during D-Day?
![End of WW2](https://d1e4pidl3fu268.cloudfront.net/a40b4e2d-1771-4a58-b217-f03be4904f69/Nazidefeat.crop_635x475_0,4.preview.jpg)
End of WW2
![Should the US have dropped the A-bomb?](https://d1e4pidl3fu268.cloudfront.net/a2c593fb-e993-4ff0-9571-bd4fd3860ede/Abomb.crop_808x318_0,0.preview.png)
Should the US have dropped the A-bomb?
![Churchill: great war leader?](https://d1e4pidl3fu268.cloudfront.net/383ade98-dfb1-4ac1-a27a-23a3829cacf8/Churchill.crop_604x454_102,0.preview.png)
Churchill: great war leader?
![Was Blitz Spirit real? The British home front](https://d1e4pidl3fu268.cloudfront.net/b70fcfb0-fd12-4a01-8408-5316a31e4072/HomeFront.crop_604x454_102,0.preview.png)
Was Blitz Spirit real? The British home front
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.
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