WWII Independent Research Project Links

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1. Home Front, Daily Life & Rationing

• IWM – What You Need to Know About Rationinghttps://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-you-need-to-know-about-rationing-in-the-second-world-war

  
  

• IWM – Growing Up in the Second World Warhttps://www.iwm.org.uk/history/growing-up-in-the-second-world-war

  
  

• Kiddle – UK Home Front During WW2 https://kids.kiddle.co/United_Kingdom_home_front_during_World_War_II

  
  

2. Evacuation & Children in WW2

• IWM – The Evacuated Children of the Second World Warhttps://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-evacuated-children-of-the-second-world-war

  
  

• BBC Bitesize – What Was Evacuation?https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zk94jxs/articles/z8kdbdm

  
  

• Kiddle – Evacuations of Civilians in Britainhttps://kids.kiddle.co/Evacuations_of_civilians_in_Britain_during_World_War_II

3. The Blitz, Air Raids & Battle of Britain

• Britannica Kids – The Blitzhttps://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Blitz-The/476227

• BBC Bitesize – What Was the Blitz?https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zk94jxs/articles/zj4k47h

• Ducksters – Battle of Britain (kid-friendly)https://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/battle_of_britain.php

  
  

• Kiddle – Battle of Britainhttps://kids.kiddle.co/Battle_of_Britain

  
  

4. Role of Women in WW2

• IWM – Women in WW2 (easy-to-read gallery article)https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/women-in-world-war-two

• DK Find Out – Women in WW2https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/history/world-war-ii/women-world-war-ii/

• Kiddle – Women in the World Warshttps://kids.kiddle.co/Women_in_World_War_II

5. General WW2 Overviews (Child Friendly)

• National Geographic Kids – WW2 Primary Resourcehttps://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/history/general-history/world-war-two/

• BBC Bitesize – KS2 WW2 Main Pagehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zk94jxs

• DK Find Out – World War IIhttps://www.dkfindout.com/uk/history/world-war-ii/

• Kiddle – World War II Summaryhttps://kids.kiddle.co/World_War_II

  
  

6. VE Day & End of the War

• BBC Bitesize – VE Day Explainedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zn8bgwx

• Kiddle – Victory in Europe Dayhttps://kids.kiddle.co/Victory_in_Europe_Day

  
  

7. Propaganda & Posters

• IWM – Second World War Posters (gallery)https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=poster&filters%5BwebCategory%5D%5B%5D=Second%20World%20War(Contains

• Kiddle – Propaganda in WW2 (kid friendly)https://kids.kiddle.co/Propaganda#World_War_II

  
  

8. Famous Leaders & Key Figures

• DK Find Out – Winston Churchillhttps://www.dkfindout.com/uk/history/world-war-ii/winston-churchill/

• Kiddle – Winston Churchillhttps://kids.kiddle.co/Winston_Churchill

• Kiddle – Adolf Hitler (child-level, factual)https://kids.kiddle.co/Adolf_Hitler

  
  

9. Holocaust

• BBC Bitesize – What Was the Holocaust?https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zqmywty

• Kiddle – Holocaust (child-friendly, simple language)https://kids.kiddle.co/The_Holocaust