Blackout, Rationing and Evacuees
KS1 & 2
75-minute facilitated session
Cost: £130 per class (up to 32 pupils)
In this workshop, pupils will use STEM skills to investigate life during WW2, and will learn more about the blackout, rationing, and evacuees from a Coventry perspective. This session includes the walk-through Blitz Experience exhibition and uses vehicles on display, other primary and secondary sources and practical activities to deepen their understanding.
Teacher note:
- Combine this session with Coventry at War, to give your pupils the experience of two museums in one day.
- This session is an ideal part of a KS2 local history study exploring the Second World War. It can also be adapted for Year 2 pupils who have sufficient prior knowledge, supporting their studies of significant historical events in the local area or changes within living memory.
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Learning Outcomes |
| History |
- Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources
- Know where the people and events and events they study fit within a chronological framework and identify similarities and differences between ways of life in different periods
- Know about significant historical events, people and places in their own locality
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| English |
- Listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers
- Ask relevant questions to extend their understanding and knowledge
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| Design and Technology |
- Explore and evaluate a range of existing products
- Explore and use mechanisms
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| Geography |
- Human geography, including: types of settlement and land use
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To book, please complete an
Enquiry Form
that will be processed by our team. For enquiries, please email ctm.info@cvlife.co.uk or call 02476237521.
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Travel Bursary Scheme
Does your school have more than 20% pupil premium children? Make learning outside of the classroom more accessible with our travel bursary scheme, funded through Arts Council England and the Department of Education.
If so, you could qualify for a travel bursary of up to £250 per visit*, to support the costs of transport when visiting the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum and Coventry Transport Museum with your pupils.
How to qualify:
- The travel bursary only applies to schools who book two learning sessions with us for the same group of pupils.
- This could include booking two sessions to take part at either the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum or Coventry Transport Museum, or combined across the two museums.
- Your school must have more than 20% of your children qualifying for pupil premium.
- Our school bookings team can advise you on how to do a two-session visit across our museums and what options you have. Contact them directly: ctm.info@cvlife.co.uk or call: 02476237521