2. HOW DID THE WAR AFFECT YOUNG
CHILDREN?
• Lesson Objectives:
• To create a detailed presentation on the
experiences of young children during WWII
• To create a labour Party speech about the social
welfare problems faced in Britain after the war
3. HOW DID THE WAR AFFECT YOUNG
CHILDREN?
Create a detailed presentation on the affect the war had on
Young Children – t
You can include videos, graphs, figures, images etc – diary
accounts in order to best illustrate your argument
You Must cover –
schooling,
health,
fear,
evacuation,
their happiness,
problems,
how many were evacuated,
percentages,
who did they go to,
Diary account of a child who has been evacuated
4. WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS
SOURCE?
• Who were the largest
group evacuated in
1939?
• Who was the second
largest group to be
evacuated in 1939?
• How many people were
evacuated in 1939?
• IS their anything surprising
about this graph?
5. HOW FAR DOES THIS SOURCE SHOW THE
EXPERIENCES OF EVACUATED
CHILDREN? (7 MARKS)
7. WHAT WAS THE LONGER TERM
IMPACT OF EVACUATION?
• It led to a massive political battle - arguments in the wartime
coalition
• Evacuation had exposed how bad the conditions were in some
areas of Britain
• Carers in the country side had noticed how children were so thin,
ill, no education and had lived in slum housing in the cities – many
arrived with no spare clothing – led to the Ministry of Education
gave London Council £20,000 for boots and clothing in 1940.
• “Evacuation acted as a mirror to society ….British society
became to know itself as unkempt, ill-clothed, undernourished.
The children acted as messengers carrying the evidence.”
• Labour said the gov needed to do more to tackle poverty, illness,
poor education, and other social problems – the conservatives
said they were exaggerating the issue
• Led to the Beveridge Report
Hinweis der Redaktion
Get lecturnfrom theatre and try and get them on a green screen if possible – we could have it set up in the classroom?