World War 2

For this half term some of my students have chosen History Club for their enrichment activity. Later in the term they will go to the local museum for a workshop on home life in 2nd world war. I've been looking for suitable resources and I've listed some below:

Woodland Junior school Introduction to 2nd World War

Sparklebox has some good WW2 resources.

Their are a series of timeline pictures. Pick out the important ones to create a simple visual timeline to the main events for World War 2.





Use the World War 2 topic words to make a bingo game or for display


A Boardmaker share activity

A simplified view of the Axis and Allied powers in World War 2


Sounds of war from BBC school radio including war time songs
The story of Anne Frank from Priory Wood school


Rationing

Two 3 minute films originally from teachers TV now on School's World

Food Rationing


Living with Rationing

Primary Resources WW2 resources section has a basic PDF Ration book

or you can buy a replica book from Amazon for £1.99

An online activity Rationing: shop for a meal in 1943 from BBC Primary History on the Daily Life page
Woodland Junior School Introduction to rationing