The Blitz: all we need to know about World War II?

This unit provides children with the opportunity to look at the Second World War as an aspect of British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066.

This 8-part enquiry is useable in full or to use sections of as stand alone shorter enquiries. Pupils will be encouraged to examine different aspects of World War II including the Blitz and to make judgements about significance.

This unit is structured around 8 enquiries:

1. How significant was the Blitz?
2. World War II: whose war?
3. What was the impact of World War II on people in our locality?
4. How well does a fictional story tell us what it was like to be an evacuee?
5. Evacuee experiences in Britain: is this all we need to know about children in World War II?
6. New opportunities? How significant was the impact of World War II on women?
7. What did men do in World War II? Did all men have to fight?
8. When was the most dangerous time to live? How different was the Blitz?

Please note: the HA schemes of work were produced by members of the HA primary committee and its affiliates. This unit is a resourced scheme of work; however, the resources it refers to may in some cases only be available to full members of the HA. These schemes of work are designed to support your planning and should be moulded and adapted to fit the context and needs of your own school. To view a free sample scheme of work, please refer to our Anglo-Saxons unit. We regularly check the hyperlinks included in the schemes but unfortunately every now and again some links may go out of date. If you spot a broken link, please let us know on enquiries@history.org.uk.