Year 9 Unit 3- Did Britain meet the demands of another world war?

Learning Journey

Timeline

Key people

Lesson Focus

This unit will ask you to question whether the British government was ready for another World War.

You will delve into a select few of the events during this time examining the Home Front and key offensives such as Dunkirk. You will analyse how Bristol was affected by World War Two and decide whether there truly was a “Blitz Spirit”?

1st September 1939	Germany invades Poland
September 3rd 1939	Britain and France declare war on Germany (start of WW2)
September 1939	Evacuation begins in Britain
January 1940	Rationing introduced across Britain
May-June 1940	Dunkirk evacuated
July 1940	The Battle of Britain and the Blitz begins
7th December 1941	Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.
6th June 1944	D-Day and the Normandy invasion.
7th May 1945	Germany surrenders

Adolf Hitler	Leader of the Nazi Party and Fuhrer of Germany from 1933-45
Winston Churchill	British Prime Minister from 1940-45
Neville Chamberlain	British Prime Minister from 1937-40
Franklin D Roosevelt	An American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945
Herman Goering	Commander of the Luftwaffe during WW2.

Why did another war break out?

How much did the government do to protect the people on the Home Front?

Dunkirk: Disaster or success?

Was there really a “Blitz Spirit”?

How badly affected was Bristol in the Blitz?

How significant was the role of women during WWII?

How far were the D Day landings the end of war?

Key concepts

Extend Questions:

Books/videos/articles

Fictional reading

Allies	Countries which fought on the British side (including USA, Britain, France and Russia (1941-1945))
Fascism	Right wing political view associated with not allowing opposition and total control
Nazi	Member of the fascist German political party, which came to power in 1933
Axis	Countries which fought on the German side (including Italy, Germany, Japan and Russia (1939-41))

Was Britain prepared for another World War?

Can appeasement ever be good?

Is Blitz Spirit a myth?

How badly was our local our local area affected by war?

Was D Day a triumph?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/world-war-two-video-resources/zhhff4j

https://www.iwm.org.uk/learning/d-day-people-and-planning

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/world-war-ii/

D Day dog by Tom Palmer

When the Stars Went On by Anne de Waal

A Blitz Bus by Gelen Blackwell

When the sky falls by Phil Earle

We are wolves by Katrina Nannestad