World War Two Home Front Knowledge Organiser

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About this worksheet

This one-page Year 6 knowledge organiser covers the Home Front in World War Two. A Key Vocabulary table defines six terms, from evacuation and the Blitz to the Anderson shelter and the Home Guard. A facts box gives four points, including Operation Pied Piper, when over 1.5 million evacuees moved in the first three days of September 1939. A labelled cutaway shows an Anderson shelter with its steel panels, earth mound, sandbags and bunk beds. Five questions close the page. There is no answer key. It follows the England National Curriculum for a theme in British history beyond 1066.

Curriculum objectives covered

A theme in British history beyond 1066

โ€œA study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils' chronological knowledge beyond 1066โ€

The whole page is on the Home Front from 1939, and the five questions ask about causes and effects. It is a reference sheet, so the written work comes from your own tasks.

What's inside this worksheet

Key Vocabulary

Six terms with meanings: evacuation, the Blitz, rationing, the blackout, Anderson shelter and Home Guard.

Essential Facts & Big Ideas

Four short points on Operation Pied Piper, Dig for Victory, women in the war effort, and daily life during air raids.

Labelled Diagram: An Anderson Shelter

A cutaway of a shelter with five labels, including the sunken pit dug about 1 metre into the ground.

Key Questions to Master

Five questions, such as why the government brought in rationing and how people adapted.

How teachers use it

Start of the topic

Stick it in topic books in the first lesson and tick off each key term as you teach it.

Shelter models

Use the labelled diagram when pupils build Anderson shelters from card and corrugated paper.

Lesson starter

Pick one of the five questions as a starter each lesson. By the end of the topic, pupils should answer all five without the sheet.

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