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Hitler plans to invade Britain

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of World War 2: A Child's Eye View from the Home Front The Battle of Britain

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Objectives

History

  • Develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British and World history – the events that led to The Battle of Britain.
  • Address historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity, difference and significance.

Design and Technology

  • Through a variety of creative and practical activities, pupils should be taught the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to engage in an iterative process of designing and making.

Lesson Planning

Discover how Britain was on the brink of invasion in July 1940 as Hitler made plans for Operation Sealion. Learn what newly elected Prime Minister Winston Churchill planned to do about it. Create some model fighter planes from recycled materials.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To understand the events that led to The Battle of Britain.
  • To learn techniques of modelling with card and papier maché to join sections together create strong structures.

Children will:

  • Place significant events on a timeline.
  • Understand the events that led up to the Battle of Britain – the threat of a German invasion and Winston Churchill’s plans to defend Britain from attack.
  • Either investigate Hitler and Churchill’s plans in more detail or begin to model Battle of Britain fighter planes using drinks bottles and papier maché.

You Will Need

  • 500ml water bottles
  • Stiff card
  • Masking tape
  • Newspaper torn into strips
  • Pots of PVA diluted half and half with water

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