Caring on the Home Front - Volunteer memories from World War Two
History teaching 12-14 yrs
Key stage 3 and its equivalents in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
The following Project Pack is relevant:
Project Pack 2 – changing roles
This project area covers the following National Curriculum programmes of study and QCA schemes of work. There is a summary in the project pack.
Programmes of study
During key stage 3 pupils learn about significant individuals and events in the history of Britain from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. They also learn about key aspects of European and world history. They show their understanding by making connections between events and changes in the different periods and areas studied, and by comparing the structure of societies and economic, cultural and political developments. They evaluate and use sources of information, using their historical knowledge to analyse the past and explain how it can be represented and interpreted in different ways.
Knowledge, skills and understanding
Knowledge and understanding of events, people and changes in the past
Caring on the Home Front can help pupils learn to:
- To describe and analyse the relationships between the characteristic features of the periods and societies studied including the experiences and range of ideas, beliefs and attitudes of men, women and children in the past
Historical enquiry
Caring on the Home Front can help pupils learn to:
- Identify, select and use a range of appropriate sources of information
- Evaluate the sources used, select and record information relevant to the enquiry and reach conclusions
Breadth of study
A world study after 1900: a study of some of the significant individuals, events and developments from across the twentieth century, including the two World Wars, the Holocaust, the Cold War, and their impact on Britain , Europe and the wider world.
- The changing role and status of women
- The impact on the lives of people of changes in the art, communications, science and technology.
Schemes of work
Unit 01: Introductory unit – what’s it all about?
- How history helps explain the present
Unit 18: Hot war, cold war – why did the major twentieth-century conflicts affect so many people?
- What were the main features of twentieth-century warfare?
- The impact of the war on ordinary people