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Background to World War II

Added: 18 Sep 2018 Contributor: Alice Manning Resource type: Audio / Video

This is a five minute YouTube animation that gives the basic background to World War II. The video contains graphics, maps and images that illustrate the position of countries, armies etc.

How it maps to the curriculum

5-6
SESE History

Strand: Life, Society, Work & Culture

Strand unit: Life during World War II

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • become familiar with aspects of the lives of these people
  • examine and become familiar with evidence which informs us about the lives of people in the periods studied, their thoughts and concerns, especially evidence which may be found locally

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