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The suitcase contains items that a child would have packed when being evacuated during the Second World War.

Through these objects, students will gain a valuable insight into what life was like for children during the war years and the difficulties and hardships they faced.

They will gain knowledge and understanding of where the people and events being studied fit within a chronological framework

Aluminium Bed warmer
Pink Handmade soft toy
Child’s soup bowl and spoon.
Enamel Potty
Bag of marbles
Wooden Yo-Yo
Lotto
Dress for a child, with utility mark.
Anti-gas protection of babies and young children – leaflet.
Certificate of Celebration

Key stage 2 (KS2)

• 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

6 weeks (one half term)

Northampton Museum & Art Gallery, Guildhall Road, Northampton, NN1 1DP

£75