Planning Overview

Subject: History

Term: Any

Class: Year 4

Topic: World War Two- Children of War

Overall Learning Objectives: To understand what it would have been like for a child in WW2
Learning Objectives

To know the different

bomb shelter used in
WW2

Activity

WW2 Timeline sheet- starter

Differentiation

Assessment

Resources

MA:

Flipchart vote
plenary
questions

Flipchart- Shelters

Shelters Flipchart and online

wordsearch

To know why rationing

was necessary
To be able to discuss the
impact WW2 had on
people
To be able to show how
an evacuee felt through
movement

Rationing flipchart

To know and discuss

what it felt like to be a
child in WW2
To know the process of
evacuation in WW2

Diary Flipchart, writing letters,

designing posters, and writing a
poem.

Differentiation by outcome

LA:

TA support
Peer support (mixed ability
learning)

Differentiation by outcome

MA:
LA:

Curriculum
links
Could be linked to Design
and Technology

Word document- World War II

Timeline Sheet
Mini whiteboards and pens

Flipchart vote
plenary
questions

Flipchart- Rationing

Science- diet

Mini whiteboards and pens

PSHE- healthy lifestyle

Peer 2 stars and

a wish
Self assessed

Flipchart- The Suitcase Dance

PE Dance

The Suitcase Dance Flipchart and

Dance

TA support Peer support

(mixed ability learning)
Reminders about Jump, Spin, Roll,
and Reach.

MA:

Dont use letter outline

Extension tasks
Differentiation by outcome

TA and Teacher support

Peer support (mixed ability
groups)

LA:

Peer 2 stars and

a wish

Word document- Reminders

Suitcases
Activinspire Flipchart- Diary
Word document- Letter home
Word document- Letter to the
Hepplewhites
Word document- Character
profiles
Mini whiteboards and pens

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