School Workshops for KS2: World War Two at Home

This workshop brings the Home Front to life with genuine artefacts, costume and discussion. Get the children in the mood for their visit by researching clothing in the 1940s. Then they can all arrive in costume and imagine they are evacuees!

The visit covers Maths, English and Technology as well as History and the children work in small groups on each of FOUR different activities. There will be one or two costumed interpreters on hand to explain the different tasks. Each activity lasts about 20 minutes and all necessary materials are provided by the Museum.

1. Gas Mask Boxes
Every evacuee had to have a gas mask. In this activity the children have a go at making boxes to put them in.

2. Wartime People
This activity uses costume and genuine objects from the period to bring the past to life. Can the children guess who the characters are, and what they did in the war?

3. Clothes Rationing
Evacuees were only allowed to take a specific amount of clothing with them when they left the cities for the countryside. With this restriction and with the added problems of rationing, can the children use their maths skills to work out how to make the best of their clothing coupons?

4. Gas Attacks
This problem-solving activity helps the children identify different types of gas mask and other protective equipment. They can also draw the objects and record the fascinating facts.

For bookings and further information call Laurel Miller on 01225 751339 or send an e-mail to laurel.miller@trowbridge.gov.uk