Post on 09-Mar-2016
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A closer look at the life of a child growing up in World war 2
Created by: Robyn , Caroline, Gabriel, and Sebego
Children in world war two evacuation!!
Children from Britain were evacuated to the country side
to stay there while the war was on. The first world war
was called “The war to end all wars.” Nearly 8 million
men died and 13 million were injured. President
Woodrow Wilson of the United States proposed the
formation of a “league of nations” to stop such wars
from happening again. Just twenty years past since the
“league of nations” was found, a war broke out which
was worse. The war lasted six years. It was a time of
pain, loss, of dislocation, danger and fear. It was a time
of unpredicted freedom for many children and the com-
munity spirit engendered by the war made them feel
secure.
For the children’s daily life they had school
and had to come home to work. Everyday the
children had to get done for school and after
school had to work for the farmers
The evacuees of World war 2 must have first realised
something was wrong when they turned up for school with
new gas masks. The first evacuee was reported as been
admitted in 1939. An air raid discussion was called two days
later to discuss the safety of the children. The same month
another evacuee arrived soon before returning to London in
March in 1940 from Barking, but in June they closed the
school for 4 days due to preparing for the intake of evacuees.
24 children arrived and soon began attending a local school
Barking. In July two more evacuees left Heywood. By the
time September arrived the school had already 15 evacuees.
In those days they were less educated than now because in
war time there were lots of bombing and they had to wear gas
masks to protect themselves, it was harder as there was more
in a class so it was harder to concentrate.
School Life Was Difficult
Although there was less sugar they were
many carrots. Carrot Cake was very
popular during world war 2. Children`s
diet was very different from when they
were at home because supplies such as
flour, sweets, butter and meat were limited
to each family.