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What was it like for

children at that time?

Very few families had a television and there were no computers or Playstations. Children spent much less time playing because they were expected to help with chores in the home. When they did play, they were expected to entertain themselves.

Before the Second World War, family life was very different to what it’s like now.SAMPLE SLIDE


When war came, children had to grow up very quickly.

What changed?What changed?What changed?What changed?

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Before the war most mothers stayed at home and were housewiveshousewiveshousewiveshousewives.

When war came, many mothers, aunts and older sisters joined the war effortwar effortwar effortwar effort and went to work. They did the jobs that the men had left behind.

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Older children had to look after themselves and their younger brothers and sisters while their mothers were out at work.

They also had to cope with the threat of bombs and gas attacks.


Imagine what it must have been like when bombs started to fall on the cities and on people’s homes.

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People hung Union flags on their bombed houses to show Hitler that they weren’t going to give up.


One of the ways in which the government tried to protect people during the war was to evacuateevacuateevacuateevacuate the cities.

What does the word evacuatemean?


To evacuateevacuateevacuateevacuate means to move away frommove away frommove away frommove away from a dangerous place.

• Where were the most dangerous places in Britain during the Second World War?

• Why was it a good idea to evacuate people?

• Who do you think should have been evacuated?

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Factories

Historic Cities

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At the start of the Second World War, many children’s fathers, uncles and older brothers were called upcalled upcalled upcalled up and sent with the army to fight abroad.

The government said that children in cities should be evacuatedevacuatedevacuatedevacuatedto the countryside, which was safer.


The Second World War lasted from 1939 to 1945, just under six years.

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1945

Six years is a very long time in a child’s life. How do you think How do you think How do you think How do you think parents felt about evacuation?parents felt about evacuation?parents felt about evacuation?parents felt about evacuation?


The evacuation process was called ‘Operation Pied Operation Pied Operation Pied Operation Pied PiperPiperPiperPiper’. It began on Friday September 1st 1939.

Can you guess why it was called by that name?

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In July, 1939, the British Government sent leaflets to all homes to tell parents about evacuation.

Evacuation for:

• school children

• children below school age if accompanied bytheir mothers or otherresponsible person

• expectant mothers

• blind people


What did the evacuation leaflet say?

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WHY EVACUATION?

There are still a number of people who ask, “What is the need for all this business about evacuation? Surely if war comes it would be better for families to stick together and not go breaking up their homes?”

It is quite easy to understand this feeling, because it is difficult for us in this country to realise what war might mean.If we were involved in war, our big cities might be subjected todetermined attacks from the air – at any rate in the early stages – and although our defences are strong and are rapidly growing stronger, some bombers would undoubtedly get through.

We must see to it then that the enemy does not create panic and destroy our lives. We can prevent this by the removal of the children from the more dangerous areas.

The leaflet said:

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The scheme is entirely a voluntary one, but clearly the children will be much safer and happier away from the big cities where the dangers are the greatest.

There is room in the safer areas for these children; householders have volunteered to provide it. They have offered homes where the children will be made welcome. The children will have their schoolteachers and other helpers with them and their schooling will be continued.


WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO

Schoolchildren:Schoolchildren would assemble at their schools when told to do so and would travel together with their teachers by train. It would not be possible to let all parents know in advance the place to which each child is to be sent but they would be notified as soon as the movement is over.

If you have children of school age, you have probably already heard from the school or local education authority the necessary details of what you would have to do to get your child or children taken away. Do not hesitate to register your children.

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To discover how people were protected from bombing during the Second World War

Children should be able to:• suggest how people could be protected in the war• suggest why evacuation was used as one strategy to protect children

To familiarize the children with evacuation and what it was like to be an evacuee.

Children should learn:• to find out about the experiences and feelings of evacuees from a wide range of information sources;• to communicate their learning in an organized and structured way, using appropriate terminology.

Children should be able to:• describe some likely feelings of an evacuee;• use associated words accurately and appropriately.

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