Spitfires, Hurricanes and Messerschmitts

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 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

Learn more about the fighter planes and their pilots and paint the models made so far.

Teaching Outcomes:

To begin to understand the events that led to The Battle of Britain and the relative advantages and disadvantages of the RAF and Luftwaffe as the battle unfolded.
To learn techniques of modelling with recycled materials and paint to create 3D models.

Children will:

Learn how the Battle of Britain was fought and what advantages there were on each side.
Find out more about the fighter planes used by German and British pilots.
Paint either a Battle of Britain fighter plane or the model of the Kent coastline created last session.

Planning

Provided Resources

Battleometer
Sorting facts
Plane reference sheet

You Will Need

Acrylic paints
Mixing pallets
Water pots
Sticky labels
Circular items of different sizes

Weblinks

There are no weblinks needed for this session.