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Bringing home the soldiers

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of World War 2: A Child's Eye View from the Home Front Dunkirk and the Little Ships

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Objectives

History

  • Develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of Britain, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
  • Study an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066 – a significant turning point in British history.

Computing

  • Select, use and combine a variety of software or a range of digital devices to accomplish given goals.

Lesson Planning

Imagine how the fishermen and their families would have felt to have been part of the Dunkirk evacuations. Consider what it means to be heroic; film a small world Dunkirk rescue, using the model and vessels.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To imagine how the fishermen and their families would have felt to have been part of the Dunkirk evacuations and to consider what it means to be heroic.
  • To understand the part Churchill’s speech played after the defeat of Dunkirk.
  • To film a small world Dunkirk rescue, using the model and vessels.

Children will:

  • Imagine how the fishermen and their families would have felt to have been part of the Dunkirk evacuations.
  • Consider what it means to be heroic.
  • Film a small world Dunkirk rescue, using the model and vessels.

Provided Resources

  • Welcoming home the heroes!
  • Rock buns or shortbread

You Will Need

  • The Little Ships by Louise Borden
  • Lego model
  • Videoing equipment

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