Battles of WW2

D-Day landing and the Battle of Normandy lessons and resources for Secondary KS3 and KS4 history students to commemorate the anniversary of the D-Day landings

Tes Resources Team

21st May 2024

Battle Of Normandy D-Day Operation Overlord

Commemorate the anniversary of D-Day with your students using these hand-picked secondary history resources

The Battle of Normandy - codename Operation Overlord - began on 6th June 1944 when allied forces invaded occupied Europe in an effort to push German troops back and liberate France. To celebrate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, we have hand-picked a selection of lesson resources for both KS3 and KS4 history students on D-day and other prominent battles of WW2.

D-Day resources

ImperialWarMuseums

D-Day

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An enquiry using a range of sources from the IWM collection into D-Day. All the images are available to download together as a PowerPoint. Visit the IWM website to find out more about IWM's free online learning resources http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/learning-resources

TJN2

What was D-day, and what challenges did the Allies face?

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What was D-day, and what challenges did the Allies face? LO: To be able to explain the challenged faced and overcome on D-Day. Know what D-Day was and its importance for the Second World War. Be able to explain the different challenges faced by the Allies in the Normandy landings and how they w...

LastMinuteLessons

D-Day Landings (KS3, GCSE, and A-Level History)

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This lesson includes the following: Do Now Activity. Guided Reading Activity + Questions (easy to print). Quiz with Animated Answers (easy to administer). Structured Talking Point with Key Vocabulary (and timers for pace). Structured Extended Writing based on the Talki...

EC_Resources_EXTRA

D-Day

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Detailed and well-differentiated, editable lesson on D-Day. The lesson includes detailed PowerPoints, a variety of activities, source questions, clip tasks, exam-styles practice questions, active tasks and more. Perfect for KS3 or GCSE revision.

Dunkirk resources

DiscoveringHistory

Dunkirk WWII

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This lesson investigates what happened at Dunkirk in 1940 and evaluates whether the evacuation was a miracle or a disaster. The main aim of this lesson is to look at the wording of sources to identify morale, bias, exaggeration, propaganda and distort and to assess reliability from this. This down...

charlottehistory2014

KS3 History: Dunkirk Assessment Preparation & Assessment

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KS3/KS4 Assessment preparation and Assessment on the Dunkirk Evacuation - focussing on whether it was a triumph or a disaster. Assessment involves an interpretation and the following questions: What does Interpretation A suggest about Dunkirk? Why would the author of this Interpretation have t...

HistoryHub

World War 2: The Dunkirk Evacuation, 1940

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World War 2: The Dunkirk Evacuation, 1940 Fully resourced lesson, examining the Dunkirk Evacuation and the extent to which it was a triumph or a disaster. This lesson contains all the necessary contextual information, a variety of different activities and a number of relevant videos. Exam style qu...

jessh26

Dunkirk - Triumph or disaster

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This is the third lesson in a unit for WW2. It includes analysing the film trailer for the film Dunkirk, whether it could be considered to be a triumph or a disaster. A guided reading sheet with a focus on AO3 source work. Final task is to create a T plan to answer... Dunkirk was a triumph for th...

Battle of Britain and Blitz resources

GCOOT

Battle of Britain KS3

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A lesson on the Battle of Britain for KS3 looking at categorising reasons for British victory. Also looks at a propaganda poster so includes source analysis skills. Extended writing P.E.E GCSE style paragraph included with writing frame. Code breaker starter that hooks students in straight away with...

Change Continuity

Battle of Britain

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As a starter students highlight what they think the important information is on the handout (which has been differentiated). Students then use what they have done to come up with some questions and answers that they will use to test the person sitting next to them. After they've come up with the que...

Phil @icHistory

WW2 Home Front - The Blitz

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A colourful, well-presented, and creative resource. Includes worksheets and embedded links, ideas and activities. Main contents ... ( 67 pages in total ) 1 - Simple key word and vocabulary starter, matching activity. Extension, differentiation option included. 2 - Background and overview gap fil...

DiscoveringHistory

Blitzkrieg WWII

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This lesson investigates the Blitzkrieg tactic used by the Nazis in WWII in Poland, France and the USSR. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding ...

Pearl Harbor resources

Lizzie_Tarpy

The attack on Pearl Harbour

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Lesson that could be taught as part of WWII topic. Students are prompted to debate what causes wars, are introduced to the actions of Japan at Pearl Harbour and analyse Primary and Secondary sources. As part of the lesson, you could show a clip from a Japanese propaganda film, which was shown to the...

Think Tank

Pearl Harbor Escape Room - No Prep!

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The Pearl Harbor Day Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about Pearl Harbor Day. This is the perfect resource to introduce World War II or commemorate Pearl Harbor Day. The Pearl Harbor Day Escape Room has st...

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