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Teaching resources

The local, primary sources provided here are free to use in your lessons as a flexible resource pack, or for students' independent study, for educational purposes only.

Download the following, scroll down to view:
  • KS2 Topic 1: Local Study, Children's Lives
  • KS2 Topic 2: Local Study, Home Front
  • KS2 Topic 3: Local Study, War Memorials (to follow)
  • KS2 Topic 4: Assembly or PSHE lesson on Remembrance (to follow)
  • KS3 Scheme of Work, First World War Unit: Military and Home Front themes

    Use online audio clips of interviews and songs
    (not for download): go to bottom of page

Key Stage 2 Topic 1: Local Study, Children's Lives

  • Start with the Medium term plan or Lesson plan examples (Medium term plan: KS2 Local Study unit: Family life in WW1; Lesson plan and unit outline, KS2 Local study: Children's lives in WW1)
  • Download the most suitable printable resources for your class's age and ability. Intended for flexible use to support your Local Study topic.
  • There are .jpg images, mp3 audio clips of 2 minutes or so (more at bottom of this page, listen online only) and .pdf files of news articles, letters and transcripts of Milton Keynes school log books.
  • They give insights into daily life in school, children's important contributions to the War Effort, family income and charity fund-raising.
  • Save into a resource folder on your school server or VLE, print in colour for independent work and laminate, use online on a Smartboard.
Unit plan
Lesson plan
CHN3 Schoolroom images
CHN6 Egg thank-you letter
CHN1 Belgian refugees   
CHN4 Bow Brickhill School log
CHN7 Bradwell Infants' Schl log
CHN2 Children images
CHN5 Eggs news article
CHN8 Wolverton County Schl log

Key Stage 2 Topic 2: Local Study, Home Front

  • Start with the lesson plan, then download the most suitable resources for your class's age and ability. For flexible use to support your topic.
  • There are .jpg images, mp3 audio clips of interviews and songs (2 min or less) and Adobe pdfs of news articles, letters, transcripts of diaries.
  • They give insights into daily life on the Home Front and local people's generous contributions of funds and time to the War effort and charity.
  • Save into a resource folder on school server or VLE, print in colour for independent work and laminate, use online on a Smartboard.
Lesson Plan
 HF3 Nellie's diary
HF7 Jam for soldiers
HF1 Nellie Smith portrait
 HF4 Fete parade pic
HF8 Wolverton Co-op pic
HF2 Girls' club pic
HF5 Fund-raising
HF9.1 Food Prices 1914
HF9.2 Food Prices 1914
HF12.2 Ambulance Train News
HF11 Armistice party pic
HF13.1 Ambulance Train Lyrics
HF12.1 Ambulance Train News
HF13.2 Ambulance Train Lyrics

Key Stage 3, First World War Unit

  • These resources are for flexible use to support and enrich your existing KS3 First World War planning. We welcome feedback on how you have used them and suggestions on how to improve them.
    • Start with the example lesson plan, then select and download the most suitable resources for your class's age and ability.
    • They give insights into daily life on the Home Front and local soldiers' experiences.
    • Save into a resource folder on school server or VLE, print in colour for independent work and laminate, use online on a Smartboard.
    Lesson plan KS3: Local soldiers' experiences of War
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    Military

    MIL 1 Hawtin opinions
    MIL 2 Recruitment advert
    MIL 3 Hawtin on volunteering
    MIL 4 1913 Army Manoeuvres
    MIL 5 1913 Horse team
    MIL 6 1913 Gun Battery
    MIL 7 Attitudes to servicemen

    Home Front

    Home 1.1 War Effort Script
    Home 1.2 War Effort Script
    Home 2 Attitudes to Foreigners

    Audio Files

    • These mp3 audio clips may take a small amount of time to download. They should be played online, straight from the website.
    • All are valuable first hand accounts by local interviewees in the 1970s and 1980s of real events in WW1, recorded by Living Archive MK. Some are songs using their own words, written for Living Archive documentary drama productions such as Days of Pride or Nellie and Albert.
    • From 1 to 3 minutes long, they are ideal for lesson starters, discussion and debate about opinions, assemblies or Citizenship lessons.
    • More clips and songs are available for purchase in our online shop: Shop here


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