starter activity

What is meant by censorship and propaganda? How did both of these help the war effort?

What role did What role did ordinary people ordinary people

play in winning the play in winning the war for Britain?war for Britain?

To understand the meaning of censorship & To understand the meaning of censorship & propaganda and how they helped the war effortpropaganda and how they helped the war effortTo study the ways different groups of civilians To study the ways different groups of civilians

and and auxiliariesauxiliaries helped the war effort helped the war effortTo evaluate which group made the most To evaluate which group made the most

significant impactsignificant impact

Aims

Your taskYour task

Read your textbook (p.249) and list Read your textbook (p.249) and list ways in which the government used ways in which the government used censorship & propaganda.censorship & propaganda.

How effective was government How effective was government propaganda at the start of the war propaganda at the start of the war compared with later?compared with later?

Your taskYour task

Your teacher will give you some Your teacher will give you some information about each of the information about each of the organisations below. Use it to organisations below. Use it to complete the table below and rate complete the table below and rate their usefulness in helping with the their usefulness in helping with the war effort on the Home Frontwar effort on the Home Front

Your taskYour task

You will each be given some information about You will each be given some information about one of the following groups. Work in small one of the following groups. Work in small teams to create a spider diagram to highlight teams to create a spider diagram to highlight the role and achievements of your group in the role and achievements of your group in helping the war effort. Present your diagram. helping the war effort. Present your diagram. The team which puts forward its case most The team which puts forward its case most convincingly will win.convincingly will win.

Women’s Land ArmyWomen’s Land Army; ; Women’s Auxiliary Air Women’s Auxiliary Air ForceForce (WAAF); (WAAF); Women’s Royal Naval ServiceWomen’s Royal Naval Service (Wrens); (Wrens); Auxiliary Territorial ServiceAuxiliary Territorial Service (ATS); (ATS); Home GuardHome Guard (Dad’s Army); (Dad’s Army); ARP WardensARP Wardens (Air (Air Raid Precautions)Raid Precautions)

Your taskYour task

Create a government brochure Create a government brochure highlighting the role of each of the highlighting the role of each of the following civilian or auxiliary following civilian or auxiliary organisations:organisations:

Women’s Land ArmyWomen’s Land Army; ; Women’s Auxiliary Women’s Auxiliary Air ForceAir Force (WAAF); (WAAF); Women’s Royal Naval Women’s Royal Naval ServiceService (Wrens); (Wrens); Auxiliary Territorial Auxiliary Territorial ServiceService (ATS); (ATS); Home GuardHome Guard (Dad’s (Dad’s Army); Army); ARP WardensARP Wardens (Air Raid (Air Raid Precautions)Precautions)