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Below is a list of hyperlinks to help you research your tasks. Make sure that you visit all the suggested links as each one will provide you with a different piece of evidence or perhaps even a different point of view.
Remember, if you use any material (e.g. text, pictures, video) from a website in your written work, you must reference where you found it.
If you come across any words relating to World War Two which you don't understand, visit the glossary on The National Archives Learning Curve to help you.
World War 2 Glossary
Week One - Meeting Tom and Willie
Task One: Who are you?
There is no specific web-based research needed for this task.
Task Two: Speaking in Tongues.
Poems Written in a Yorkshire Dialect
This website contains poems written in a Yorkshire dialect. It also has an on-line dictionary to help re-write phrases in Standard English.
Task Three: Evacuation!
The National Archives Learning Curve
This website contains information about the announcement of the evacuation scheme, how it was to be organsied and what the evacuees and their billets should take/provide.
Holnet: The History of London
Visiting this website will provide you with first hand accounts of evacuation as told by Barbara Male (aged 12) and George Knott (aged 9.) This site also provides you with:
Posters and adverts produced by the government during World War Two.
Photographs taken at the time of the evacuation.
Information about where children were evacuated from and to.
The history learning site
This site provides detailed explanations on the specifics of the government evacuation scheme.
BBC Children of World War Two
Here the BBC provides you with extracts from diaries and letters written by children and their families during World War Two.
Channel 4 - History Essentials
This website provides you with information about the evacuation scheme and the impact the war had on everyday life in Britain.
BBC Audio Accounts of Evacuation
Use this site to listen to real evacuees talk about their personal experiences.
Learning Curve Film Footage of Evacuation
Click on each of the links in this site to watch real film footage showing evacuees and their billets.
Week Two - Finding out about each other
Task One: Finding out about each other
BBC Audio Accounts of Evacuation
Use this site to listen to real evacuees talk about their personal experiences.
Oral History Project - Fairview Junior School
The pupils and staff at Fairview Junior School (Rainham, Kent) interviewed and filmed people giving first hand accounts of what it was like for them during World War Two.
Learning Curve Film Footage of Evacuation
Click on each of the links in this site to watch real film footage showing evacuees and their billets.
Task Two: Persuading Parents
Snaithe Primary Propaganda Posters
Propaganda posters used by the government during World War Two.
BBC Children of World War Two
More examples of propaganda posters.
Holnet: The History of London
Further examples of propaganda posters.
Task Three: Protecting yourself and your family
Air Raid Shelters in World War Two
Detailed information about the different types of air-raid shelters built and used during World War Two.
ST Thomas' School Air-raid Shelter photographs
Photographs of air-raid shelters collected by the children and staff at ST Thomas' school
BBC Children of World War Two
Further information about air-raid shelters built at home.
Week Three - Chamberlain Announces
Task One: Chamberlain Announces
Chamberlain's Announcement
Use this website to listen to the actual radio broadcast Chamberlain made on September 3rd 1939 declaring war on Germany.
Task Two: Rationing
BBC Children of World War Two
Here you can explore the rationing system and even have a go at buying rationed goods.
St Thomas' School: Rationing
Information collected by the staff and pupils of ST Thomas' School about rationing.
Holnet: The History of London (Rationing)
More information about how the rationing scheme was organised, what rations each person could expect and problems associated with rationing.
History Learning Site: Rationing
Further information about the rationing scheme with examples of weekly rations.
Task Three: Dig For Victory!
Dig For Victory Posters
Examples of government 'Dig For Victory' posters.
Dig For Victory Information
Further examples of government 'Dig For Victory' posters.
Holnet: History of London (Dig For Victory)
Pictures, written evidence and information about the Dig For Victory campaign.
Week Four - Celebration!
Task One: Birthday Boy!
A War-time Wedding
Use this website to find out what it was like to celebrate a wedding during the war years.
War-time Wedding Pictures
Look at real pictures of a war-time wedding.
War Time Music
Listen to examples of music from this era and find out who was Top of the Pops!
Memories of a Wartime Birthday
Find out what it was like to celebrate a birthday during the war years.
Wartime memories
Extracts from interviews talking about everyday experiences during World War Two.
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