Winston Churchill Fact File

Year 6 HistoryWorld War Two3 pages

About this worksheet

A three-page fact file on Winston Churchill (1874-1965) for Year 6. A black and white photograph shows him in a three-piece suit and spotted bow tie. Six Key Facts Profile boxes follow, each with a prompt: full name and dates, his role during WW2, a famous speech or quote, key wartime actions, symbols and nicknames, and other talents and honours. A Did You Know box asks about his early adventures, habits or secret headquarters. Pupils finish with two or three sentences on his place in twentieth-century history. The answer key includes Blenheim Palace and the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature. It follows the England National Curriculum.

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Curriculum objectives covered

British history beyond 1066

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

The fact file follows Churchill's role as wartime prime minister, a theme from the twentieth century well beyond 1066.

What's inside this worksheet

Key Facts Profile

Six boxes with prompts, from Full Name & Dates and Role During WW2 to Symbols & Nicknames and Other Talents & Honours.

Did You Know?

Pupils record one lesser-known fact about Churchill's early adventures, unusual habits or secret wartime headquarters.

Historical Significance

Two or three sentences on why Churchill matters and what his leadership did for the outcome of the war.

How teachers use it

Speech listening

Play a short clip of the We shall fight on the beaches speech before pupils fill Famous Speech or Quote.

Research lesson

Set out books or approved websites and let pairs split the six boxes between them.

Writing link

Use Historical Significance as the opening paragraph of a longer biography in English.

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