1. Type a thoughtful fact related to your image or ask a question to kickstart a discussion.

2. Place your text below your image in the post.

1. Look through the posts we have all made.

2. Use the comment function to offer kind words, ask questions, or give answers.

In pairs use the i can't draw tool to create an image about the lives of women and children during the blitz. Use the themes below to help us organise our ideas.

Prompting:

We are going to learn about prompting and how we can write prompts to create accurate information.

Themes:

Evacuation

Education

Daily Life of Children During the War

Rationing

• Children found ways to play and have fun, even during the war, inventing new games and adapting old ones to fit their circumstances.

• War changed daily routines significantly; many children took on more adult responsibilities, like gardening or looking after younger siblings.

• With many men at war, children often helped their mothers with tasks like collecting coal, running errands, and helping with wartime recycling efforts.

• During World War II, over 3 million British children were evacuated from cities to the countryside to escape bombing.

• Evacuated children had to carry a gas mask and were only allowed to take a small suitcase with their belongings.

• Many evacuees stayed with host families, some of whom they had never met before, leading to feelings of homesickness.

• Schools often had to share buildings, so children attended school in shifts, meaning they had fewer hours of learning each day.

• In some areas, especially after bombing raids, lessons were sometimes held in unusual places, like churches or public halls.

• Teachers had to cover air raid procedures as part of the curriculum, teaching children how to stay safe during an attack.

• Rationing was introduced in 1940, and each person was given a ration book with coupons to buy a limited amount of food.

• Common rationed items included butter, sugar, meat, and eggs, which led to creative recipes like carrot cookies and potato peel pie.

• Despite rationing, the government aimed to ensure children received enough nutrition, providing free school milk and cod liver oil to support their health.

1. How do you think being evacuated from home affected children's feelings and emotions?

2. What items would you pack if you were a child being evacuated, and why?

3. Can you imagine and describe a safe place you'd hope to be evacuated to during a war?

Education

1. How might the war have changed what children learned in school?

2. What challenges do you think children faced when trying to learn during air raids?

3. How do you think teachers kept education going even when schools were closed?

Daily Life of Children During the War

1. What games do you think children played during the war to keep themselves entertained?

2. How do you think a child’s daily chores and responsibilities might have changed because of the war?

3. Can you describe what a typical day might look like for a child living during wartime?

Rationing

1. If you had a limited amount of food each week, how would you decide what to eat?

2. What creative meal would you make with rationed items from the war period?

3. How do you think rationing affected children's growth and health?