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ActiveHistory provides educational, award-winning interactive simulations, decision-making games, self-marking quizzes, high-quality worksheets and detailed lesson plans for the school history classroom. All resources have been designed by full-time history teacher Russel Tarr.
An ActiveHistory subscription provides everything you need to construct and deliver a History course from start to finish for the entire 11-18 age range!
These consist not just of lesson plans, worksheets and teacher notes, but also multimedia lectures and interactive games and historical simulations ideal for remote learning and self-study.
World History teaching resources for the high school classroom: lesson plans, worksheets, quizzes and simulation games for KS3, IGCSE, IB and A-Level teachers.
This "World War Two Christmas" lesson is designed for students at GCSE level (age 14-16). It forms part of a whole range of Christmas-themed lessons that can be found on this page.
Classroom Materials
Student Worksheet | Teacher Answer Sheet
Supporting YouTube Video Clips (referenced in the worksheet at the appropriate points):
The King's Speech - Declaration of War
King George VI: Christmas Address 1939
A World War Two Christmas (1944)
The Great Dictator: Final Speech
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