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Free WW2 primary lesson plans

This page contains a full scheme of work plus many one off lessons so you
can create your own Second World War primary Curriculum.
 
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NEW! Souvenir WW2 penny research sheet

Full WW2 primary scheme of work

6 weeks of lesson plans for the WW2 blitz topic

One off lessons

1) A 'letter to the Queen' writing lesson (you will also need to listen to the audio below during the lesson)

Princess Elizabeth speaks in 1940Artist Name
00:00 / 00:41

2) Evacuees writing lesson

3) Rescue poem writing lesson complete with writing frames

(requires the sound file below to be played in the lesson)

rescue poem audioMr B (author and narrator)
00:00 / 02:22

Air Raid report writing lesson

Spitfire poem (not a full lesson but a beautiful poem I am sure you can use written by my dad, John Birchall)

General WW2 teaching resources and activities

A 20th Century timeline

Women in WW2 research sheet

Second World War poster pack

WW2 leaders wordsearch

WW2 leaders wordsearch solution

Blitz primary school topic crossword

Blitz primary school topic crossword ANSWERS

Other audio files

Neville Chamberlain war declared
00:00 / 00:43
air raid siren ALERT
00:00 / 02:22
air raid siren ALL CLEAR
00:00 / 00:58
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