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HOW DID THE WAR AFFECT YOUNG CHILDREN?

• Lesson Objectives:

• To create a detailed presentation on the experiences of young children during WWII

• To create a labour Party speech about the social welfare problems faced in Britain after the war

HOW DID THE WAR AFFECT YOUNG CHILDREN?

Create a detailed presentation on the affect the war had on Young Children – tYou can include videos, graphs, figures, images etc – diary accounts in order to best illustrate your argument  You Must cover – schooling, health, fear, evacuation, their happiness, problems, how many were evacuated, percentages, who did they go to, Diary account of a child who has been evacuated

WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS SOURCE?

• Who were the largest group evacuated in 1939?

• Who was the second largest group to be evacuated in 1939?

• How many people were evacuated in 1939?

• IS their anything surprising about this graph?

HOW FAR DOES THIS SOURCE SHOW THE EXPERIENCES OF EVACUATED CHILDREN? (7 MARKS)

WHY WAS THIS CARTOON PRODUCED?

WHAT WAS THE LONGER TERM IMPACT OF EVACUATION?

• It led to a massive political battle - arguments in the wartime coalition

• Evacuation had exposed how bad the conditions were in some areas of Britain

• Carers in the country side had noticed how children were so thin, ill, no education and had lived in slum housing in the cities – many arrived with no spare clothing – led to the Ministry of Education gave London Council £20,000 for boots and clothing in 1940.

• “Evacuation acted as a mirror to society ….British society became to know itself as unkempt, ill-clothed, undernourished. The children acted as messengers carrying the evidence.”

• Labour said the gov needed to do more to tackle poverty, illness, poor education, and other social problems – the conservatives said they were exaggerating the issue

• Led to the Beveridge Report