The document discusses how World War 2 affected young children in Britain. It provides lesson objectives on creating presentations about the experiences of children during the war, including their schooling, health, fears, evacuation and happiness. Key points to be covered are percentages of children evacuated, who they went to stay with, and a diary account from an evacuated child. Sources like graphs, images and videos can be used to best illustrate the argument. The long term impacts of evacuation exposed issues with housing, nutrition, education and living conditions in some British cities, fueling post-war debates around improving social welfare.

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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)

6. WHY WAS THIS CARTOON PRODUCED?

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