Theme

How could Hitler have convinced a nation like Germany to follow him into war?

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In our first theme we will be exploring the question: “How could Hitler have convinced a nation like Germany to follow him into war?” By the end of the unit we are aiming for the children to be able to:

• know why world war started
• know why Hitler became so powerful and why so many people agreed with his views
• know who Winston Churchill was and why he was a significant person during World War 2
• know about the holocaust and how Jewish people were treated
• know how children in Britain and Germany coped with the war
• know why the Battle of Britain was a significant feature of the world war
• know that most abled bodied men between 18 and 40 were expected to join up
• know how the role of women changed during the world war

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I’m a Grosvenor Park pupil, can you get me out of here?

In our second theme we will be exploring the question: “I’m a Grosvenor Park pupil, can you get me out of here?” By the end of this unit we are aiming for the children to be able to:

• know what most of the ordnance survey symbols stand for
• know how to use six-figure grid references
• know about time zones and work out differences
• be able to read a local map
• know how to plan a trip to a European destination
• know how to orientate a map
• know why their Morecambe exists in the first place