Worksheet: The Blitz: General Discussions

It should be possible to have a class discussion around the photographs and documents on their own.

Woman police officer accompanying evacuee children in LondonWith the photograph of the Woman Police Officer and evacuee children, for example, the students might be asked to estimate the ages of the children and to consider/empathise with their journey away from London and their parents.

Equally, it is possible to construct narratives from clusters of the documents and explore how they help us to understand experiences:

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Preface

Introduction

Police & WWII

The Blitz

County Chief Constable

A Volunteer

Modern Echoes

Work Sheets

Resources

Acknowledgements