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Here you will find our recommendations for pre and post learning resources for the topic of People from WW1. Each web link has been checked and the content coded against the key above. You will find lesson ideas, games, general information and creative ideas to help you develop your People from WW1 topic. We welcome your feedback and further suggestions so please use our comments box at the foot of this page.
Resources focussing around lives of people in the first world war
Imagine you are one of these people. Could you turn their real life story into a narrative?
Diary entry of WW1 medical corp
See how pitman's shorthand differs from writing today
Letters from WW1
Animation describing the trenches from the point of view of a soldier
Letters about the trenches
Compare the language used in these letters with the modern day.
Here you will find our recommendations for pre and post learning resources for the topic of People from WW1. Each web link has been checked and the content coded against the key above. You will find lesson ideas, games, general information and creative ideas to help you develop your People from WW1 topic. We welcome your feedback and further suggestions so please use our comments box at the foot of this page.
Resources focussing around lives of people in the first world war
Imagine you are one of these people. Could you turn their real life story into a narrative?
Diary entry of WW1 medical corp
See how pitman's shorthand differs from writing today
Letters from WW1
Animation describing the trenches from the point of view of a soldier
Letters about the trenches
Compare the language used in these letters with the modern day.
Here you will find our recommendations for pre and post learning resources for the topic of Stories and poems about WW1. Each web link has been checked and the content coded against the key above. You will find lesson ideas, games, general information and creative ideas to help you develop your Stories and poems about WW1 topic. We welcome your feedback and further suggestions so please use our comments box at the foot of this page.
Michael Morpugo audio books
Audio play about a family in WW1
Poems from WW1
Here you will find our recommendations for pre and post learning resources for the topic of Battle of Britain. Each web link has been checked and the content coded against the key above. You will find lesson ideas, games, general information and creative ideas to help you develop your Battle of Britain topic. We welcome your feedback and further suggestions so please use our comments box at the foot of this page.
Detailed information about the battle of Britain
Information about the battle of Britain
Information, including diagrams and games, about the battle of Britain
Here you will find our recommendations for pre and post learning resources for the topic of WW1 & WW2 – Women. Each web link has been checked and the content coded against the key above. You will find lesson ideas, games, general information and creative ideas to help you develop your WW1 & WW2 – Women topic. We welcome your feedback and further suggestions so please use our comments box at the foot of this page.
Stories about women in WW1 and WW2
Information about Edith Cavell, a nurse in WW1
How do you think people responded to Cavell's death? Imagine you are reporter during WW1, how would write a newspaper report on her death?
Information about a spy
Diary of a woman working in a munitions factory
Examine the language used in the diary. Is it vocabulary we use today? What does the diary tell you about the women who worked in the factory and the conditions?
video of women working in the munitions factories
A day in the life of a munitions worker
Tells you about some of the dangers of working in a munitions factory
Find out about the popularity of women's football that started during WW1
Information about the Women's Land Army
Explore the role of women in the services using historical sources
Use this factory pass to find out more about women workers in WW2
Here you will find our recommendations for pre and post learning resources for the topic of WW1 & WW2 – Homefront. Each web link has been checked and the content coded against the key above. You will find lesson ideas, games, general information and creative ideas to help you develop your WW1 & WW2 – Homefront topic. We welcome your feedback and further suggestions so please use our comments box at the foot of this page.
Interesting diary extract about the experience evacuees from Guernsey
Use this as your starting point to write a diary as an evacuee
Video footage of London evacuees
Video clip from WW2 showing the arrival of evacuees
Use these sources to find out about how people felt about evacuation
Sources revealing how people prepared themselves on the homefront
Audio-Visual clips showing what some British people might have experienced during WW2
Selection of articles about the homefront in WW1
Fun information about WW1 homefront