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Video summary

This short film offers a digestible insight into the blitz and how the British people responded.

An eye-witness called Kitty describes first-hand the experience of being evacuated. Another, called Bernard, recalls the terror he felt as the bombs fell.

The 鈥楧id You Know鈥 section tells of the two bombs that fell on Buckingham Palace.

Created in partnership with Imperial War Museums.

Ed Murrow reporting on war torn London during the blitz.

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Teacher Notes

This short film contains a number of elements that could be incorporated into different subjects as part of a cross-curricular lesson.

In art, pupils could study the work of Henry Moore and his depictions of the blitz.

This falls under the following parts of the national curriculum in England:

  • Create sketch books to record observations and use them to review and revisit ideas.
  • Improve mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials (for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay)
  • Learn about great artists, architects and designers in history.

In English, your class could write about the experience of the blitz from different points of view 鈥 as a London civilian or as a pilot.

Additional fact for the class:

  • At the peak of the blitz,177,000 Londoners slept in the tube system for safety.

Suitable for teaching history at KS2 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2nd Level in Scotland.

This short film could also can be incorporated into different subjects as part of a cross-curricular lesson, especially when teaching:

  • Art
  • English
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