A couple of useful teaching resources from the Red Cross:
Children in Conflict websiteThis is a series of free teaching resources for both primary and secondary levels. They introduce topical issues on the theme of 'children in conflict'. The lesson plans include background information for teachers and briefing sheets with activities for students including individual activities, discussions and project work. Suitable for use in citizenship teaching and other subjects such as media studies, geography, history and drama.
Caring on the Home FrontA resource using the testimony of veterans to show what life was like during World War II on the Home Front. Downloadable materials for ages 10-14 are on offer, including four project packs, each suitable for both 7-11 years and 12-14 years, an activity using the stories to discover how people's roles, especially women's, changed during the Blitz. Pupils will role-play several characters and act out a dramatic incident involving them all, before considering the relevance of 'changing roles' to their own lives today containing lesson plan suggestions, classroom activities, assignment ideas and links to resources within the site. The packs cover
Time Detectives: War and children,
Changing Roles - History Key Stages 2 and 3:,
Surviving the Blitz - A cross-curricular project for 7-11 years, and
What's it got to do with me? - Citizenship Key Stage 3: suitable for 12-14 years, an activity using the stories to explore what active citizenship meant during the Blitz, and what it means to pupils' lives today.
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