World War I and World War II

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.

https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/ww1-life-stories

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?

http://www.arthurlinfoot.org.uk/about/

Diary entry of WW1 medical corp

See how pitman's shorthand differs from writing today

http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/letters-to-loved-ones

Letters from WW1

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zgs3r82

Animation describing the trenches from the point of view of a soldier

http://spartacus-educational.com/FWWletters.htm

Letters about the trenches

Compare the language used in these letters with the modern day.

https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/ww1-life-stories

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?

http://www.arthurlinfoot.org.uk/about/

Diary entry of WW1 medical corp

See how pitman's shorthand differs from writing today

http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/letters-to-loved-ones

Letters from WW1

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zgs3r82

Animation describing the trenches from the point of view of a soldier

http://spartacus-educational.com/FWWletters.htm

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.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01n4ny7/episodes/player

Michael Morpugo audio books

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01n4ldk

Audio play about a family in WW1

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/article/248460

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.

WW1

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/world-war-two-in-western-europe/battle-of-britain/

Detailed information about the battle of Britain

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zgs34j6

Information about the battle of Britain

http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/8-things-you-need-to-know-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.

WW1

http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/5-inspirational-stories-of-women-in-the-first-world-war

Stories about women in WW1 and WW2

http://www.learnaboutwarmemorials.org/primary/primary-ww1/edith-cavell/

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?

http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/who-was-violette-szabo

Information about a spy

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/document_packs/p_munitions_diary.htm

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?

http://apps.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/focuson/film/film-archive/player.asp?catID=2&subCatID=3&filmID=26

video of women working in the munitions factories

http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-munitions-worker

A day in the life of a munitions worker

WW1

http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/9-women-reveal-the-dangers-of-working-in-a-first-world-war-munitions-factory

Tells you about some of the dangers of working in a munitions factory

http://spartacus-educational.com/Football_Women_Players.htm

Find out about the popularity of women's football that started during WW1

WW2

http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-was-the-womens-land-army

Information about the Women's Land Army

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/homefront/women/armed/default.htm

Explore the role of women in the services using historical sources

http://www.teachinghistory100.org/objects/about_the_object/aircraft_factory_works_pass

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.