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World War Two - the home front
Description

This resource will support a classroom based topic on the Second World War.

Using original objects from the 1940s to deliver a range of suggested activities students will learn about real people and their experiences of living through the war years in Britain.

Students will gain valuable insight into aspect of life including air raids, rationing, make do and mend, and many of the hardships people faced. Students will gain knowledge and understanding of where the people and events of the Second World War being studied fit within a chronological framework.
Box contents
  • A ‘Make Do & Mend’ Campaign booklet
  • Salvage Certificate
  • Mincer
  • Air Raid Warden Sign
  • Civil Defence Corps Welfare Arm Band
  • Civil Defence Cloth Badge
  • Civil Defence Corps Pin Badge
  • Child’s Gas Mask
  • Piece of Blackout Material
  • Identity Brooch
  • Lend to Defend Pin Badge
  • Iron
  • A.R.P. First Aid Kit Tin
  • ‘Air Raid First Aid’ Booklet
  • Anti Gas Ointment
  • Rabbit shaped blancmange / jelly mould
  • Air Raid Warden Appointment Card
Appropriate for Key Stage 2
NC Links
  • changes in aspects of social history
  • changes in living memory which can be used to reveal aspects of change in national life
  • identify differences and similarities between ways of life in different periods
  • understand some of the ways in which we find out about the past
  • a study over time tracing how several aspects of national history are reflected in the locality
  • know where the people and events they study fit within a chronological framework
  • identify similarities and differences between ways of life in different periods
Hire period 6 weeks (one half term)
Collect from Northampton Museum & Art Gallery, Guildhall Road, Northampton, NN1 1DP
Suggested activities The box contains a resource pack with all relevant information and suggested activities to do with your class.
Cost £75

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