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On Sept. 1, 1939,  Germany  invaded Poland, prompting the beginning of  World War II . Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany.

Germany was ruled by a dictator named Adolf Hitler who was a leader of the Nazi political party. The German allies, countries who fought with Germany, were called the Axis Powers. Italy and Japan were two of those countries.

The Soviet Union and the United States would both enter the war two years later, allying with British and French resistance against the Nazis. These, along with China, were known as the Allied Powers. 

The United States, the United Kingdom, France, and the Soviet Union battled the Axis Powers in Europe and North Africa. In the Pacific, the U.S., along with China and the U.K. fought the Japanese across Asia.

With Allied troops closing in on Berlin, Germany surrendered May 7, 1945. This date is known as VE (Victory in Europe) Day.

The Japanese government didn't surrender until August 15, 1945, after the Allied Powers dropped atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This date is called VJ (Victory in Japan) Day.

All told, some 20 million soldiers and 50 million civilians died in the global conflict, including an estimated 6 million people, mostly Jews, killed in the Holocaust.

World War II was the defining event of the mid-20th century, and no course in U.S. history is complete without a survey of the war, its causes, and its aftermath. Plan your homeschooling activities with these World War II worksheets, including crosswords, word searches, vocabulary lists, coloring activities, and more.

World War II Vocabulary Study Sheet

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Introduce students to terms associated with World War II using this vocabulary study sheet. This exercise is a great way to discuss the leaders of World War II and spark interest in additional research.

World War II Vocabulary

See how well your students remember the terms associated with World War II using this vocabulary activity. Students must answer 20 questions about World War II, choosing from a variety of war-related words. It’s a perfect way for elementary-age students to become familiar with key terms associated with the conflict.

World War II Wordsearch

In this activity, students will search for 20 words associated with the war, including the names of Axis and Allied leaders and other related terms.

World War II Crossword Puzzle

Use this crossword puzzle to help students learn more about World War II by matching the clue with the appropriate term. ​Each of the key terms used has been provided in a word bank to make the activity accessible for younger students. 

World War II Challenge Worksheet

Challenge your students with these multiple-choice questions about the people who played a major role in WWII. This worksheet builds upon vocabulary terms introduced in the word search exercise.

World War II Alphabet Activity

This worksheet allows younger students to practice their ordering and thinking skills by alphabetizing a list of names and terms associated with World War II that were introduced in earlier exercises.

World War II Spelling Worksheet

Use this exercise to help students improve their spelling skills and reinforce knowledge of important historical figures and events from the war.

World War II Coloring Page

Spark your students' creativity with this coloring page, featuring an Allied air attack on a Japanese destroyer. You can use this activity to lead a discussion about important naval battles in the Pacific, such as the Battle of Midway.

Iwo Jima Day Coloring Page

The Battle of Iwo Jima lasted from Feb. 19, 1945, until March 26, 1945. On Feb. 23, 1945, the American flag was raised at Iwo Jima by six United States Marines. Joe Rosenthal was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his photograph of the raising of the flag. The U.S. military occupied Iwo Jima until 1968 when it was returned to  Japan .

Kids will love coloring this iconic image from the Battle of Iwo Jima. Use this exercise to discuss the battle or the famous Washington D.C. monument to those who fought in the conflict.

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World War II at Home

With school closures due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Museum is committed to serving students, teachers, and parents who are now conducting school online. Teaching from home can present unique challenges, but The National WWII Museum offers a wide array of online resources to help you teach your students or children about the history of World War II from the comfort of your own home. Below you will find a collection of lesson plans, essays, webinars, and at-home activities designed to help educators and homeschooling parents reach their teaching goals while they are away from their classrooms.

For Teachers

From the collection to the classroom.

From the Collection to the Classroom : The online educational hub for The National WWII Museum’s own curriculum covering four separate volumes on the history of World War II including: The War in the Pacific, The War in Europe, The Home Front, and Liberation & Legacy. Each curriculum kit contains essays, lesson plans, links to oral histories, maps, timelines, and several other teaching tools you can use to help students learn about the war that changed the world.

All lessons and essays are free to access and download. Teachers, please create a free account to access the full selection of resources, including archival footage, “What Would You Do?” scenario videos, as well as other online resource materials.

Real World Science

Real World Science : Real World Science is part of an effort by The National WWII Museum, and funded by the Northrop Grumman Foundation, to use the war that changed the world to teach how society turns to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) when it faces big problems. Gain access to over forty different lesson plans to help students learn how to connect science, history, and literacy through a series of fun activities.

Distance Learning Program Archive

Distance Learning Program Archive : Find all past webinars and Electronic Field Trips within this video archive. Videos can be sorted by category, so if you teach social studies, science, or English, there is something for you! Be sure to check out our recent Electronic Field Trip about the Manhattan Project, where student reporters visit the first industrial-scale nuclear reactor in Washington state and the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. You can also find this same archive along with other great content, on the Museum’s YouTube Channel .

WWII Flipgrid Disco Library

WWII Flipgrid Disco Library : The Museum has recently partnered with Flipgrid and is one of the first few Museum content partners on their Disco Library . We have 31 topics and counting on a range of subjects related to the war. If your field trips have now been canceled, you can still have your students interact with a Museum educator by having them upload video questions to Flipgrid . We’ll be moderating that grid and posting responses to select questions daily.

Get in the Scrap!

Get in the Scrap! : Inspired by the scrapping efforts of students during World War II, Get in the Scrap! is a national service learning project for students in grades 4-8 all about recycling and energy conservation. Your students have the power to affect positive change on the environment; much like students 70 years ago played a positive role on the Home Front in securing victory in WWII.

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Live webinars.

Live Webinars : Over the next several weeks, join The National WWII Museum for a series of K–12 webinars broadcasting live each Thursday at 12:00 p.m. central time. Students and their families will meet Museum Educators who will teach important lessons from definitive moments in World War II. You’ll also participate in live demonstrations, Q&A, and decision-making scenarios. Set your calendar and make plans to join us!

The 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion: The African American Heroes of the D-Day Invasion February 17 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

The Woman Behind the Camera in World War II March 31 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

Meet the Young Adult Author Deborah Hopkinson April 28 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

Korematsu v. United States: Japanese American Incarceration in WWII May 12 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

The History of European Antisemitism May 18 | 4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. (CT)

Highlights from The National WWII Museum Education Collection September 17 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

Niels Bohr: At the Crossroads of History September 24 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

Beneath the Bayou October 1 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

Red Tail, WASP and Firefly: The Aviators of WWII October 8 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

WWII and the Early Civil Rights Movement October 15 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

The Origins of WWII October 22 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

Meet the Author: Alan Gratz October 27 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT) (On a Tuesday)

On Deck of Patrol Torpedo Boat 305 November 12 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

Electing Roosevelt: 1940 and 1944 November 19 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

Free Pearl Harbor Student Webinars November 30–December 4

From Christmas Lights to Bomb Fuses December 10 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

Dr. Seuss and WWII: Analyzing Political Cartoons December 17 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

Highlights from The National WWII Museum Education Collection January 14 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

Meet the Author: Sharon Cameron January 28 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

The Color of Blood: Charles R Drew, MD., Ph.D. February 11 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

American Liberators of the Holocaust February 25 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

Development of Drugs and Vaccines: Lessons from World War II March 11 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

STEM Innovation: from the Computer to Artificial Intelligence March 25 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

The Holocaust: One Teen's Story of Persecution and Survival April 8 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

Tinkering with Found Objects: A STEAM Webinar April 14 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

S. Neil Fujita: Cover To Cover April 22 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

Miss a webinar? Check out all previous webinars on the Museum’s YouTube channel .

At Home Science for Kids

Check out this PDF for fun at-home activities that tie STEM concepts to WWII history. These activities are great for kids in 3rd to 8th grade, but can be adapted up or down.

WWII At Home STEM Activities

Elementary Lessons and Activities

Simple to follow, at-home lessons and activity resources for students in grades Kindergarten through 6th grade. Most activities are interdisciplinary, linking history with various other subjects (ELA, Math, Arts).

Code School Activity Guide

Greetings from Far Away-Writing Informal Letters with V-Mail

Stamping Out the Enemy-War Savings Stamp Math

Service on Celluloid

Service on Celluloid : Listen to a podcast brought to you by The National WWII Museum that takes a deep look at depictions of World War II on film over the last 70-plus years. In-house experts at the Museum, along with special guests, hold lively debates on the historical merits of treasured classics and smaller films alike. Pairing the films with the podcast episodes makes for a fun at-home activity that teachers, students, and parents can all engage with.

Interactive Video Series

Check out this interactive video series for students! Each video features a different topic, and interactive features in which students can drag and drop, answer questions, and interact with the content. Videos will be released November 2020, February 2021 and April 2021. Note: for optimal viewing experience, we recommend accessing these programs on a desktop computer, laptop, or tablet device.

All Around the World: Exploring the Ecosystems of World War II November 5 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (CT)

Online Resource Sites

Along with lesson plans and educational resources, The National WWII Museum also offers online microsites full of primary source materials and archival images.

Guests of the Third Reich

Guests of the Third Reich : A special exhibit website that details the stories and experiences of American Prisoners of War (POWs) in Europe. Including maps, photographs, and journals kept by American POWs, this website provides first-person perspectives on capture, life in the camps, and the eventual liberation of American servicemembers imprisoned by Nazi forces.

See You Next Year!

See You Next Year! : Access over 40 digitized highschool yearbooks from WWII that reveal the subtle and outright ways the war affected life on the Home Front. These yearbooks provide unique glimpses into the lives of American high school students who confronted and worked to support the realities brought forth by WWII.

Barbed Wire to Battlefields: Japanese American Experiences in WWII

Barbed Wire to Battlefields: Japanese American Experiences in WWII : This microsite details the personal accounts of Americans of Japanese descent who fell under the suspicion of the general American public and formal incarceration by the federal government in the days following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. As roughly 120,000 Japanese Americans endured incarceration in internment camps across the country, 33,000 Japanese Americans still answered the call to serve the United States in World War II. Photographs, oral histories, and archival materials help to tell these stories.

We’re here to help you in these challenging and new circumstances. Follow us on our social media platforms to connect directly with the WWII Media and Education Center staff!

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For more information or questions about our online resources and programs, email us at [email protected] .

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World War Two Worksheets

• Causes of World War Two Assessment An assessment to test pupils’ knowledge and understanding of the causes of World War Two.
• Causes of World War Two Assessment Mark Scheme Mark scheme for the above assessment including curriculum levels.
• Causes of World War Two A three-page information sheet giving details of the main causes of World War Two – Versailles, Hitler’s Actions, Appeasement, League of Nations.
• Causes of World War Two Wordsearch A wordsearch of key words relating to the main causes of World War Two.
• Causes of World War Two Crossword A crossword with clues relating to the main causes of World War Two.
• Appeasement Crossword A crossword with clues relating to appeasement.
• Conscription An information sheet about conscription in Britain during World War Two.
• Conscription Crossword A crossword with clues relating to conscription.
• Conscription Wordsearch A wordsearch of key words relating to conscription.
• The Blitz An information sheet that gives a general overview to the Blitz of 1940.
• The Blitz Crossword A crossword with clues relating to the Blitz.
• The Blitz Wordsearch A wordsearch of key words associated with the Blitz.
• The Home Front A two-page illustrated information sheet about the Home Front – includes: Evacuation, Rationing, Women and The Home Guard
• Home Front Wordsearch A wordsearch of key words relating to the Home Front.
• German Successes and Failures An illustrated three page worksheet with information and questions relating to German/Axis successes and failures during World War Two.
• German Successes and Failures Crossword A crossword with clues relating to the Successes and Failures of the Germans and Axis powers.
• German Successes and Failures Wordsearch A wordsearch of key words related to German successes and failures during World War Two.
• World War Two Events Anagrams Anagrams of the main World War Two events.
• Dunkirk Activity Sheet A blank table for pupils to complete with information about Dunkirk. Can be used in connection with newspaper frame below.
• Dunkirk Newspaper Frame A blank, illustrated newspaper frame with the headline Dunkirk – Triumph or Defeat?
• Home Front Brainstorm Diagram A diagram to brainstorm and check understanding of various aspects of the Home Front.
• Home Front Wordsearch A wordsearch of words related to the Home Front.
• Geneva Convention An information sheet about the Geneva Convention mainly focusing on 1929 convention regarding prisoners of war.
• Geneva Convention Crossword A crossword with clues related to the Geneva Convention.
• Geneva Convention Wordsearch A wordsearch of key words related to the Geneva Convention.
• German Prisoners of War in Britain An information sheet about German prisoners of war in Britain.
• German Prisoners of War in Britain Crossword A crossword with clues relating to German prisoners of war in Britain.
• German Prisoners of War in Britain Wordsearch A wordsearch of key words related to German prisoners of war in Britain.
• Prisoner of War Camps in Germany An illustrated information sheet about German prisoner of war camps.
• Prisoner of War Camps in Germany Crossword A crossword with clues related to Prisoner of War camps in Germany.
• Prisoner of War Camps in Germany Wordsearch A wordsearch of key words related of Prisoner of War camps in Germany.
• The Great Escape A three-page illustrated information sheet about the allied escape from Stalag Luft III.
• Great Escape Crossword A crossword with clues relating to the ‘Great Escape’ from Stalag Luft III.
• Great Escape Wordsearch A wordsearch of key words associated with the ‘Great Escape’.
• Prisoner of War Camps in Japan An illustrated information sheet about prisoner of war camps in Japan.
• Prisoner of War Camps in Japan Crossword A crossword with clues related to prisoner of war camps in Japan.
• Prisoner of War Camps in Japan Wordsearch A wordsearch of key words associated with Prisoner of War camps in Japan.
• Pearl Harbor Sources Picture and written sources about Pearl Harbor.
• Japanese Internment Camps in the US A two-page information sheet about the internment of Japanese-American citizens during WW2.
• Japanese Internment Camps in the US Crossword A crossword with clues related to Japanese internment camps in the US.
• Japanese Internment Camps in the US Wordsearch A wordsearch of key words related to Japanese Internment camps in the US.
• Hiroshima & Nagasaki An information/activity sheet concerning the dropping of the two atomic bombs.
• World War Two Statistics Statistics and data about countries, leaders and deaths during World War Two.
• World War Two Crossword A crossword with clues related to the main events of World War Two.
• World War Two Wordsearch A wordsearch of key words related to World War Two.

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Life during World War II

British people who weren’t fighting in World War II still had a very different life to the one they had before the war. For one thing, there wasn’t as much food around so every little bit had to be saved and used – even if it didn’t taste very nice! And clothes that were too small or had tears in them just had to be fixed and made bigger because there weren’t many new things around to buy. Everyone had to help each other get the things they needed to keep warm and healthy.

Many people – especially children – who lived in cities were evacuated to the country to keep safe from air attacks such as the Blitz .

Bombs dropped by German planes could flatten brick houses in seconds. Can you imagine going to school one morning, and coming back to find your house was gone? Or when packing your rucksack, popping in a gas mask to protect yourself in case of a gas attack?

Farms in the country became busy communities of people who moved in to help use every bit of the land to grow food. They might have moved there because they didn’t have a home anymore, or because they just wanted to help out as much as they could.

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• During World War II , Britain was called ‘ the Home Front ’ – the war affected people not just fighting in armies on the front lines, but back in their own towns and neighbourhoods.
• All the different plans and ways to help get Britain through World War II was called ‘ the war effort ’. Helping the war effort meant anything from planting vegetables to making fighter planes.
• Because Britain was at war, it wasn’t easy to get food and other supplies anymore. In 1940, a system called rationing was set up which made sure that everyone had a fair amount of food, clothes and things like soap and petrol based on what was actually available. Rationing didn’t end until 1954.
• Land Girls were women from all over Britain who worked on farms, helping to grow and produce food for the rest of the country.
• Not all men went to fight overseas – some couldn’t go and instead joined the Home Guard , which was made up of volunteers ready to defend Britain from a surprise enemy invasion. The Home Guard was created in 1940.
• From September 1940 to May 1941, Britain was bombed heavily by enemy planes. That time is called ‘ The Blitz ’.
• During the Blitz, it was very dangerous to live in cities because that’s where most of the bombs were dropped. So, many children were sent off to live in the country where it was safer. These children were known as ‘ evacuees ’.
• People could protect themselves from enemy attacks by having a gas mask that would allow them to breathe clean air no matter how dirty or poisonous the air around them was after a bombing.
• Loud sirens would let people know that a bomb might go off soon, and that they should run to the nearest air-raid shelter. Bomb shelters were small, strong structures, sometimes put underground, that protected people inside from being hurt during explosions.
• When Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced that the war was over on VE Day , people all over Britain celebrated by holding street parties.
• 1 September 1939 Germany invaded Poland
• 3 September 1939 The UK and France declared War on Germany
• 10 May 1940 Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Britain, taking over from Neville Chamberlain
• 14 May 1940 The Home Guard was created (The Local Defence Volunteers)
• 26 May-4 June 1940 The evacuation of British and French troops from Dunkirk, France June 1940 – German troops occupied the Channel Islands
• 10 June 1940 Italy declared war on Britain and France, and allies with Germany
• 10 July-31 October 1940 The Battle of Britain
• 7 September 1940 The Blitz begins in London
• 8 September 1941-27 January 1944 The Siege of Leningrad
• 7 December 1941 The Japanese attacked an American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
• 8 December 194 The United States declared war on Japan, and joined with the Allies
• 6 June 1944 D-Day, when troops from Britain and the US landed in France to fight against the Germans
• 16 December 1944-25 January 1945 The Battle of the Bulge
• 8 May 1945 VE Day (Victory in Europe Day), when Germany surrendered
• 15 August 1945 VJ Day (Victory in Japan Day), when Japan surrendered
• 2 September 1945 Japan formally surrendered, and officially ended World War II

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• The Land Girls were part of the Women’s Land Army , which started in World War I but is best known for their work during World War II . One job that the Land Girls had was to kill rats, who were responsible for eating 2 million tonnes of food every year!
• The Home Guard was first called the Local Defence Volunteers .
• ‘ Blitz ’ is the German word for ‘lightning’.
• When an attack is made by planes (so, instead of troops in tanks or ships), it is called an air-raid. During the Blitz, Britain was attacked by air-raids.
• Air-raid shelters were usually about as big as a garden shed. In fact, some are used as garden sheds today!
• Sweets and treats were hard to get during the war. Children would eat carrots on sticks instead of ice lollies! The only sweets that weren’t rationed during the war were cough sweets.
• Rationing continued until 1954 – nine years after World War II ended!

Pictures of life during World War II

Have a look through the images in the gallery and see if you can spot the following:

• The uniform that Land Girls wore
• A poster asking men to join the Army
• A group of Home Guard members
• An underground air-raid shelter
• A ration book

When most of the men in Britain went off to fight in the war, women stepped in to do some of the jobs left vacant. One of these groups was the Land Girls , who worked on farms to grow food, look after livestock and keep the buildings and grounds in good shape.

Not all the men could go overseas, though. Some were just too old or too young, and others had jobs that were thought to be too important for them to leave – these were called ‘reserved occupations’, and included farmers, coal miners and ship builders. Men who stayed in Britain could join the Home Guard, whose main job was to defend the land if there were a sudden attack by the enemy, holding them off until soldiers could get there. There never was an attack like this, but what members of the Home Guard did do was watch over important resources like factories that might have been key targets of an attack, and places like dark fields where enemy troops might parachute into thinking that nobody would see them land. The Home Guard also captured enemy pilots whose planes had crash-landed. The Home Guard was formed in 1940 and disbanded in 1945, and over 1 million men were part of it for most of this time.

Lots of things that people used to be able to pick up in shops around the corner weren’t available during the war. For instance, a factory that used to produce clothes would have been reassigned to produce items for the troops instead. Also, foods like bananas that would have come in on ships from other countries were unavailable because it was dangerous for ships to bring food to Britain. Convoys of ships were used to bring essential food items from other countries but many of these ships were destroyed by the Germans before they could get to Britain.

A system called rationing was set up in 1940 that restricted how much food, clothes and other supplies people could have in a week or month. Each person – both children and adults – had a ration book with coupons in it that they’d hand over to their local shopkeeper, who would give them items their coupons allowed them to have. This system meant everyone got something to eat, and something to wear, even if it wasn’t very much.

The first foods that were rationed were bacon, sugar, tea, butter and meat. This list grew and grew as the war went on, and people got used to making each little bit stretch as far as possible. For example, today you could go out and buy as a dozen eggs and as much milk as you like. But back in war time, people were allowed just one egg per week and three pints of milk per month! People could grow and eat as many vegetables as they wanted, so gardens of all sizes popped up wherever there was space for one – even in parks. Rationing carried on after the war was over because supplies were still low, but gradually items came off the rationing list so things were never as restricted as they was during the war. Rationing ended for good in 1954.

The Blitz lasted from September 1940 to May 1941. During this time, Britain was bombed very heavily in a number of air-raids. Major cities (like London), factories and seaside towns were all targeted because bombing them would cause the most damage – such as destroying rows of houses, production of weapons, or ports where ships carrying supplies would come to.

Loud air-raid sirens would warn people that enemy planes were on the way, and they would need to run to the nearest shelter – no matter if it were the middle of the day or night. Some people had Anderson shelters buried in their back garden, or Morrison shelters in their home. These were strong structures that were built to protect people inside from bomb explosions. In London, Tube (underground) stations were used as air-raid shelters too. Many people also owned gas masks that they could wear to breathe clean air after an explosion.

Because living in cities was so dangerous, mums and dads decided to send their children to the country. These children were called evacuees . This was a really hard decision because nobody wanted to say goodbye to their families, but it was the best way to make sure children stayed safe – nobody knew when the war would finally be over. Many children travelled by train to farms, to homes in the country or to large, stately homes that had lots of room. Some British children even went overseas to countries like Canada . They would write letters about their new adventures to their parents.

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• Try to ‘ make do and mend ’! What would you add to or take away from the clothes for this paper doll?
• Complete some Home Front activities  and learn all about life in Britain 1939-1945
• Understand more about rationing with games and flashcards
• Imagine you’re an evacuee. What would you write about your experience in a letter to friends and family?
• Make a list of what you’d take into an air-raid shelter
• Find out about life in the Cabinet War Rooms
• Cook some war-time recipes! Do you fancy Cheesy pudding pie ? Or baked jam and carrot sponge pudding? Or sardines wrapped in potato ?
• Become a spy and gather information about life in Scotland during WWII
• Listen to and watch  WWII audio-visual clips  from a huge archive including key speeches, eye-witness reports and some of the most evocative sounds of the War on the BBC Schools Radio site
• Remember VE Day, 7 May 1945 , with English Heritage VE activities for children : learn to dance the Lindy Hop, popular in the 1940s, download a VE Day Spotify music playlist, make ginger beer and carrot scones
• Download a VE Day kids' activity pack , with puzzles and recipes, from Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI) 

See for yourself

• Visit the Imperial War Museum in London to see what life was like for a family living in Britain during World War II
• At the Churchill War Rooms in London you can see Churchill’s statesmanlike wooden armchair – still visible in its wellworn armrests are the marks clawed by Churchill’s fingernails
• Learn more about the Land Girls at Gresswell Farm and Workhouse
• Visit Chislehurst Caves in Kent, one of the largest deep air-raid shelters in the country which protected over 15,000 people at the height of the Blitz
• Look at WWII posters and propaganda
• Find out about Operation Dynamo, the May 1940 evaculation of Dunkirk in WWII, at Dover Castle
• See photographs of life during the Blitz
• Find out about WWII spies and their operations by taking a walk in London and using the  free app Spooks, Spies and Videotape – London's Secret War

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• Find out about the  Women’s Land Army
• Kids' fiction about WWII : read stories to find out more about the period
• Sir Nicholas Winton saved the lives of 669 children by arranging their evacuation from Nazi-occupied Prague in 1939. His daughter Barbara Winton tells his story in a BBC School Radio programme for children aged 7 to 11
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• See a map of how London was bombed during the Blitz
• Read a story of extraordinary bravery in east London during WWII
• Find out about the products (chocolate, tights and more!) that America soldiers, G.I.s, brought with them when they came to Britain  in a Horrible Histories song

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