Designed for KS2 children, Air Raid Disaster! is a multimedia exploration of one of the most notorious Blitz bombings during WW2.
Delivered by site author/curator Peter Bolger and historian/teacher Peter Hepplewhite this interactive session allows children to get an in-depth understanding of the Wilkinson’s Lemonade Factory disaster in the wider context of the Tyneside Blitz and Home Front/Civil Defence. Children get to see and handle a range of vintage and repro WW2 objects and are encouraged to ask questions and develop their awareness of the period.
Sessions can be bespoke to each school and can contain ICT and literacy activities to complement classroom work. Examples of such activities include; following a web trail, creating wartime radio broadcasts, designing a propaganda poster, creating a 1940s children’s comic using photos and much more…
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