This enquiry revolves around a central contemporary cartoon which encapsulates life on the Home Front and how it was geared towards dealing with the Nazi threat of invasion.
Pupils have to identify and then annotate each of the iconic images shown within it, having carried out research into one aspect.
Learning objectives
- Pupils are able to cite examples of how the government prepared to withstand the Blitz and to keep up morale.
- Pupils are able to identify key features of resistance to German invasion:
– Trying on gas masks Home Guard
– Battle of Britain Blitz Evacuation Rationing
– Fire service
– Air-raid shelters
Starter
Set the scene using the text on slide 2. When the Second World War started there were dire predictions of enormous casualties. In the end, only half as many died on the Home Front in the entire war as were predicted for just one year. How can we explain this? There were lots of reasons, many of which involved the work of various groups of people. So who were they, and what did they do?
Step 1
Project the image from slide 3 which is a contemporary cartoon illustrating the characteristic features of Life on
