Life in the country

Understand what life was like for evacuees living in the country and explore the emotions felt by evacuated children and their families; research foods home grown by host families of evacuated children; make carrot cookies and root vegetable soup.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To understand what life was like for evacuees living in the country and explore the emotions felt by evacuated children and their families.
• To make wartime carrot cookies and root vegetable soup.

Children will:

• Understand what life was like for evacuees living in the country and explore the emotions felt by evacuated children and their families.
• Research foods home grown by host families of evacuated children.
• Make carrot cookies and root vegetable soup.

• Food information
• Evacuee information
• Wartime recipes

• Carrots
• Lolly sticks
• Ingredients for carrot cookies and vegetable soup
• Blender, Spatulas, baking and cooling trays
• Ingredients for wartime digestive biscuits

Authentic ration book template from paperzip.co.uk
Songs and music from bbc.co.uk
Images of evacuees - YouTube clip
Teacher talking through gas mask drill from bbc.co.uk
Imperial War Museum’s video - YouTube clip
Wartime drinks recipes from recipespastandpresent.org.uk