Year 9 – Home Learning Activities

Below is the range of tasks that you should study over the next 2 weeks. Do the activities during the same lesson time slot that you have on your timetable. Each lessons worth of

tasks should take you approximately 45 minutes. Before you start make sure that you have all the things that you will need.

Lesson Number and Title

Things that you will need

Instructions

1. Dunkirk - Pen- Paper-Internet access to watch clip

- Follow the instructions below for lesson one: Dunkirk

- You need to read the sources carefully and fill in the source table- you can draw this out on paper or print it off

Answer the question using the sentence starters provided- Question: Why do you think the events at Dunkirk can be seen as both a victory and a disaster?

2-3Battle of Britain -Pen -paper-Internet access

- Follow the instructions below for lesson 2-3: Battle of Britain

- You are going to find out the reasons why Britain was able to win the Battle of Britain and more about the events of the Battle of Britain.

4. The Blitz -pen-paper

- Follow the instructions below for lesson 4

- You will find out more about what the Blitz was and how it changed the way people lived

Extended Learning – reading and knowledge

Extended Learning – fun things to do and create

Use the link to find out more about the events at Dunkirk. https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/world-war-two--dunkirk-evacuation/z4fky9q

Watch these clips on the Blitz:https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks2-the-blitz/zm22jhvhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/the-blitz-what-would-you-have-done-

-Watch ‘Dunkirk’ released in 2017-Watch ‘Darkest hour’ released in 2017- make a model of an air raid shelter- think about what you would need in there and what you would want to takehttp://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/war/shelters.htm-Design a WW2 propaganda poster to encourage people to use air raid shelters, remember propaganda posters need a clear slogan and clear

when-the-bombs-fell/zn6gpg8- What do you think it would be like to be in the Blitz?-Why do you think people would volunteer to be air raid wardens?

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If you have any questions about the tasks please contact: cbrown@jesmondparkacademy.org.uk

Additional resources, links and reading needed for the lesson activities:

Lesson one: Dunkirk

On 10th May 1940 the German army launched a huge attack on the west. Six weeks later they had swept through Belgium, Holland and northern France. Sensing defeat, the British army, along with some of its allies, withdrew to Dunkirk on the coast of Northern France. Just as the German army was about to catch up with them, Hitler ordered his tanks to halt, giving them a day or two to rest before the planned attach towards the South of Paris. As a result, this gave the allies a chance to rescue their men from Dunkirk. Between 26th May and 4th June 340,000 British and French soldiers were rescued from Dunkirk’s beaches and were transported to England. This was not only done by the Navy and Army but also by civilians who had been asked to help with the effort and provide boats if they had them. France surrendered on 25th June.

Watch this clip to find out more:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOrx1WqgmUU

The evacuation from Dunkirk has been seen as both a victory and a defeat for the British. Read the sources carefully and fill in the table.

Source B: A photo taken during Operation Dynamo

Source CThe reality of Dunkirk: vehicles abandoned to the Nazis. The British army left behind 2,500 guns, 84,500 vehicles, 77,000 tons of ammunition, 416,000 tons of supplies and 165,000 tons of petrol. 68,000 soldiers were killed or taken prisoner

From a modern historian

Source DStepping over the bodies we marched onto the beach. A horrible stench of blood and broken flesh hung about the place. There was no escape from it. We might have been walking through a slaughterhouse on a hot day.

Account of a gunner in 1940

Source ETired, dirty, hungry they came back – unbeatable.

A British newspaper headline in 1940

Source FAll night and all day men of the undefeated British Expeditionary Force have been coming home. From the interviews with the men, it is clear that their morale is as high as ever and that they are anxious to be back again.

From the BBC 6 o’clock radio news on 31st May 1940

Source AThe story of that epic withdrawal will live in history as a glorious example of discipline [amongst our troops]… Every kind of small craft - destroyers, paddle steamers, yachts, motor boats, rowing boats - have sped here to the burning ruins of Dunkirk to bring off the gallant British and French troops betrayed by the desertion of the Belgian king.

Movietone News, created with guidance by the British government

Source GDunkirk was a miracle of deliverance.

Winston Churchill, speaking 5th June (a day after the last boat returned) in 1940

Source: It suggests that Dunkirk was a triumph by showing us/telling

us…

It suggests that Dunkirk was a disaster by

showing us/telling us…

Source A (Movietone news story)

e.g.: uses words such as ‘glorious’ and ‘discipline’ to suggest how well the rescue mission went. Suggests that many people worked together to rescue the soldiers in Dunkirk (‘yachts, motor boats’ etc.).

e.g.: Dunkirk was left as ‘burning ruins’ due to the Luftwaffe bombing it – aiming for the stranded troops. The brave soldiers were ‘abandoned’ by the Belgian King.

Source B (photograph)

Source C(modern historian)Source D

(account from a gunner)Source E

(newspaper headline)Source F

(BBC radio news report)

Source G(Quote from

Winston Churchill)

Question: Why do you think the events at Dunkirk can be seen as both a victory and a disaster? (Use the sentence starters to help you)

I think that the events at Dunkirk can be seen as both a victory and a disaster because…In some ways it was a victory because…However, in other ways it could be seen as a disaster because…Overall, I think that the events at Dunkirk were a….. because….Lesson 2-3: Battle of Britain

Watch the clip to find out more:https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks3-gcse-how-raf-tactics-defeated-germany-in-the-battle-of-britain/zn4cy9q

The statements you need are below:

Reasons:- The German planes flew in groups

which made them easy targets.- The German planes could only fly for 30

minutes at a time.

- The British fighter planes (the Hurricane and Spitfire) were faster

and could move better than the German planes.

- There were fewer pilots in Britain, but between landing and taking off again, they only had short periods of rest

while the planes were refuelled.

- 1644 German pilots were killed, but only 446 RAF pilots were killed in

1940.

- The Germans lost 1652 planes, the RAF only lost 1085.

- Britain produced an average of 563 new planes each month between July

and September 1940.

- Hitler’s bombing of factories didn’t work, and factories and industry

carried on producing war materials.

- Britain had RADAR. This meant the British knew where the Germans would be attacking and could meet them and

stop them.

- Bad weather and the skill of the RAF pilots made many of the Luftwaffe’s

raids unsuccessful.

Task:

Question: Answer the following question using the sentence starters to help you: Describe two reasons why Britain won the Battle of Britain (4)

One reason why Britain won the Battle of Britain was…This was because….A second reason why Britain won the Battle of Britain was…This was because….

Lesson four: The Blitz

Useful websites:

- https://www.bbc.co.uk/ teach/class-clips-video/history-ks2-the-battle-of-britain-and-beyond/zrk847h

- https:// www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/battle_of_britain.php

- https:// kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Battle-of-Britain/623978

- https://www.bbc.co.uk/ newsround/34257841

- https://www.bbc.co.uk/ bitesize/guides/z9s9q6f/revision/3

Task:

Use the information below to fill in the following sheet (you can draw your own version of the sheet)

Air Raids in the Second World War were far more effective than in World War One. This was because there had been advances in technology and they used more powerful bombers.

The attacks were known as the Blitz, which is a shortened name for the German word Blitzkrieg. Blitzkrieg means lightening war.

Air Raids in the Second World War were far more effective than in World War One. This was because there had been advances in technology and they used more powerful bombers.

The Blitz began on 7th September 1940. It targeted British towns and cities with the aim of destroying citizen morale.

The Germans wanted to destroy morale and force the British to surrender.

London was bombed heavily- the Germans wanted to show that they could target the capital city.

Bristol, Southampton and Plymouth were also targeted . The naval base at Portsmouth was a target. On 10th January on a raid on Plymouth 930 civilians were killed and 3,000 injured

When Coventry was bombed people were so scared that they fled from the city each night, some even slept in fields in the countryside

Morale= the confidence and enthusiasm of a country

British towns suffered heavy bombing from the autumn of 1940 to May 1941. German planes usually targeted important industrial or military places.

There were also public shelters and the London Underground was used.

Civilian- someone who is not in the army

In Belfast 150,000 people were made homeless by the bombing raids.

V1 and V2 missiles were also used in attacks from 1944-1945. About 6,000 V1 bombs reached targets in Britain causing 20,000 casualties

Most factories were able to continue production and were back up and running within a few days of being targeted.Homes, shops and trains had to be ‘black out’ at night so that German planes could not use the lights as a guide or target

The government were more prepared after the raids of WW1 and provided air raid shelters in the early months of the war. 2 million Anderson shelters were provided. For poorer people who did not have a garden 500,000 Morrison shelters were provided.

Morrison Shelter

Anderson shelters were dug into the ground

Morrison Shelter

The Blitz in London- famous landmarks like St Paul’s cathedral were targets

Damage to houses in Belfast:

People in London used the Underground for shelter

What was the Blitz? What cities were targeted and why?

What did the government do to help people during the Blitz?

Specific facts and dates