History. Year 9 Home Learning Task

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1 History Year 9 Home Learning Task The Home Front World War One & Two Name Tutor Group Teacher Given out Monday 8 February Hand in Monday 22 February Parent/Carer Comment Staff Comment Target

2 Dear Year 9 History Students, Here is your latest Home Learning Booklet for History. This will focus on the Home Front in World War One & Two ( and ). It will hopefully be interesting, allow you to use your imagination, and also give you a flavour of one of our units for GCSE History next year. Remember you are expected to spend 5 hours on the booklet and to try your best. Yours The History Department Task 1 Know your dates / know which war! (Bronze) Try to match the statement on the left with the one on the right. Just draw arrows to match them please. (10 minutes) 1. World War One started in 1914 and 2. World War Two started in 1939 and 3. Home Front means 4. Zeppelins were German airships which they 5. Rationing was 6. Propaganda means 7. Censorship means 8. Morale means 9. The Blitz was the 10. During both wars the British government needed to take ended in how the war was dealt with and supported by people back home who were not necessarily fighting. used to bomb London in WW1. more power to win. bombing of London and other cities in WW2. how happy or determined people were to win. the control of how much food and clothing people could have. ended in making your side look good and the enemy look bad. the control of information.

3 Task 2 Which war do you think the following pictures come from WW1 or WW2? (10 minutes Bronze) a) World War b) World War Task 3 Answer these two questions. (5 10 minutes) (Silver) c) World War d) World War e) World War Choose which picture you think would be the best to make British people feel good about their chances of winning a war. Choose which picture you think would be the best to make British people feel hate or be more determined to beat the enemy (Germans) (Silver) f) World War

4 Task 4 What does propaganda mean? (20-25 minutes) Propaganda means the use of information to persuade people that they are winning the war, that they are the good guys, or that the enemy is losing, and the enemy are the bad guys! Propaganda can be used in a very positive way to boost morale, or it can be used in a very negative way to make people hate the enemy. Propaganda can be lies and it can be distorting the truth. During World War One ( ) the Germans bombed French and British cities using massive airships called Zeppelins. The bombing of cities could have made people at home feel bad about the war, but propaganda posters like this made by the British government helped to keep people s morale high. Explain why this poster is a good piece of propaganda. (For Silver & Gold make sure you reference the source)

5 Task 5 MORE World War One propaganda. (20 minutes) How does it make the Germans look bad? (Bronze) Why do you think this poster is a clever piece of propaganda? (Silver) How will it motivate/persuade British people to fight? (Gold) (Don t worry if you can t read the smaller text) How does this poster try to persuade men during World War One to JOIN UP and fight? (Bronze) _

6 Task 6 Make up your own propaganda slogans/headlines for some World War One pictures. (15 minutes) My propaganda slogan/caption for this picture (Bronze) My propaganda slogan/caption for this picture (Bronze) My propaganda slogan/caption for this picture (Bronze)

7 Task 7 Find the meanings of these words and write them down. (30-45 minutes) (Bronze) 1. Propaganda 2. Censorship 3. Western Front (WW1) 4. Zeppelin 5. Gothas 6. Blitz 7. Heinkels 8. Rationing 9. Conscription 10. Evacuees 11. Conscientious Objectors 12. Munitions

8 Task 8 Imagine you are the Propaganda Ministry in Britain is being bombed by the Germans. Make up propaganda captions or statements which could go with the following pictures of the bombings. (Remember you are trying to boost morale of people.) (25 minutes) (Bronze)

9 Task 9 The Blitz (1940) Fill in the gaps. (10-15 minutes) (Bronze) What was The Blitz? The Germans tried to bomb British to make the British surrender. They used hundreds of bombers to smash city centres, factories and housing. Hitler hoped to make the British feel that the war was not worth it. The main aims of The on British cities by Germany s Luftwaffe were to destroy targets which could be useful for the British war effort such as the London docks, and to destroy British by bombing large residential areas of cities. The latter aim was more psychological, so it was very important for British people to keep their spirits and morale high. During the terrible bombings of British cities many people were determined to survive, work and stay happy in the most frightening of times. People still speak of the Blitz spirit because neighbours helped each other, people sang songs such as London Pride, and businesses often had signs outside with slogans such as bombed but not defeated. Communities often came together out of necessity, and because they had a common trying to kill them they could cope with the hardships of blackouts, bombings, rationing and evacuation by showing resolve and courage. This was not just felt in London, but also in badly bombed cities such as and Coventry, which continued to produce more and more war resources such as Lancasters and Spitfires in spite of homes and factories being bombed. For many people it was true that they were determined not to let knock their spirits. enemy morale cities Birmingham Hitler Blitz

10 Task 10 Blitz exam work for GCSE History. (1 ½ hours) (This is the most important part of the booklet.)

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14 Self Evaluation of my Homework I am a R learner. I know this because: I believe that my effort and attitude to learning for this booklet is a: I know this because: