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Land Girl interviews
Listen to an interview with former Land Girl Jean Davis about her time in the Women’s Land Army, in this video designed for children. See other resources on women’s war work here .
Evacuees (Home Front Heroes) Day hosted for KS2 students at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, Norfolk
Join costumed characters and discover the Home Front during World War Two. Meet a Women’s Land Army girl and ‘Dig for Victory’ with the heavy horses. Take cover in the air raid shelter and let the ARP warden show you how to use a stirrup pump. ‘Make do and Mend’ with a worried housewife, find out about rationing in the Village Shop and help win the war with the Home Guard. Call 01362 869251 or visit the Gressenhall Museum pages for the latest information.
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Women in World War 2
Subject: History
Age range: 11-14
Resource type: Lesson (complete)
Last updated
7 December 2023
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The aim of this lesson to analyse and evaluate the part played by women in World War 2.
Students will analyse a number of propaganda posters used at the time, with particular reference made to the use of headings, colour, messages and the images used.
Traditional teaching has always focused on work undertaken by women such as nursing, the W.A.A.F. or the Women’s Land Army.
Although the students will learn the about the vital role women played in these jobs, they will also learn about the Special Operations Executive set up by Churchill as he recruited sixty women to operate behind enemy lines to ‘set Europe ablaze’.
There are four case studies to unpick as well as some great video links to accompany the lesson.
The plenary requires the students to match the key word to the images shown.
It is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning.
The resource includes retrieval practice activities, suggested teaching strategies and differentiated materials, and comes in Powerpoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.
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World War 2 Home Front Bundle
This bundle follows the Key Stage 3 National Curriculum - challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day with a focus on the Second World War and the wartime leadership of Winston Churchill. The aims of this bundle are to know and understand how people’s lives in Britain were affected by World War 2 under the guidance of Winston Churchill. I have created, readapted and used these lessons to challenge and engage students, but also to show how much fun learning about this part of history really is. Students will learn and understand key historical skills throughout such as continuity and change in the role and use of propaganda in World War II, the causes and consequences of the policy of appeasement, breaking the Enigma Code or the evacuation of children, the similarities and differences of life on the Home Front, the significance of Winston Churchill and interpretations about whether there really was a Blitz spirit. The lessons are as follows: L1 Adolf Hitler L2 Causes of World War II L3 Appeasement L4 Winston Churchill L5 The Home Front - preparations L6 The Home Front - propaganda L7 The Home Front - rationing L8 The Home Front - women (free lesson) L9 Evacuation of children L10 The Blitz L11 The Enigma Code L12 Prisoners of war (free lesson) L13 Occupation of the Channel Islands This bundle includes retrieval practice activities, suggested teaching strategies and differentiated materials. All lessons come in Powerpoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change. I have also included two free lessons in the bundle to give an idea of what is being offered. I would also strongly recommend you assess students on this unit of study based on GCSE style questions from your chosen exam board.
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The Women's Land Army was set up in June 1939. What kind of jobs did the Land Army do? The girls of the land army looked after animals, ploughed the fields, dug up potatoes, harvested the crops, killed the rats, dug and hoed for 48 hours a week in the winter and 50 hours a week in the summer.
See other resources on women’s war work here. Evacuees (Home Front Heroes) Day hosted for KS2 students at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, Norfolk. Join costumed characters and discover the Home Front during World War Two. Meet a Women’s Land Army girl and ‘Dig for Victory’ with the heavy horses.
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Traditional teaching has always focused on work undertaken by women such as nursing, the W.A.A.F. or the Women’s Land Army.
An informative resource about the roles of women during World War Two, including the Women's Land Army and the Women's Auxiliary Air force. Includes a writing task contrasting the perspectives of two women in their new jobs.
To help with food shortages, the Women’s Land Army was also set up. They worked on farmland to help ensure shortages were not too extreme. They were nicknamed ‘land girls’.