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World War II

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www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/as/ww2/

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Be a spy! Find out about life in Scotland during WW2. Complete 3 missions.

Investigate home life, school, evacuation or the street. Take notes in a spy notebook. Fill in the spy log.
www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/categories/c1112/

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Read personal accounts of the bombing of Glasgow and the west of Scotland .

In what different ways did the second world war affect the lives of the people living in Scotland at that time?

www.learningcurve.gov.uk/onfilm/women.htm

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Learn about the role of women in the Second World War.

Watch short films on women in the services, the role of the WVS or working in the factories.
www.learningcurve.gov.uk/homefront/default.htm

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A great site for finding information about different aspects of the war. Activities that are good fun to do.

Go to Preparations For War then Activity to play “Lights Out”.

Go to Spies then Activity to play “Spycatcher”.

Go to Everyday Life to play “Shopping in the War”

www.homesweethomefront.co.uk/web_pages/hshf_wla_pg.htm

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Find out about the Land Army, their uniform work, song and entertainment

What were the advantages and disadvantages for the girls of being in the Land Army?

Why was their job so important for the War effort?

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/nettsch/time/war.html

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Lots of information and pictures about important people, daily life, military gallery, rationing and fun and games in wartime Scotland.

Can you answer the Trivia Quiz about World War 2?

www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWhome.htm

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A great site for reading information about The Home Front. Also posters and cartoons of the time to look at.

Watch the Home Front Film Archive.

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