What is the longest you have spent away from your parents or family? How did you feel? Did you miss them?
These children are being evacuated. This means being moved from danger. The British government during World War Two decided that children should be moved out of major cities to protect them from bombing raids. Nearly a million British children were moved out of cities and placed in the homes of strangers for however long the war would last. Germany and Finland had similar programs for their children during the war years.
How does war affect children? Objective; To evaluate, through historical sources, the impact of WW2 on evacuated children
Source What is the Source about? What is happening in the Source? What impact does the source suggest the war is having on children’s lives? How far might there be a long term impact from what is described in the source? 1 2 3
Task Create a Doctors Report explaining the effects of war on children. You could use headings like; -Symptoms (Issues with the patient) -Causes -Effects (long term issues the patient may suffer?) -Diagnosis (what is wrong with the patient)
What have we achieved? Objective; To evaluate, through historical sources, the impact of WW2 on evacuated children