WW2 Topic By Dan Ferguson

In class we have been learning about WW2. We have learned about many things such as: gas masks, evacuees, air raid shelters and much more. People of Britain were given a gas mask to be protected from the gas bombs. If your gas mask didn’t work or broke you had to go and buy a new one. In London and the country side there were air raid shelters built. There were different types of shelters like the Morrison and Anderson Shelters. Morrison was a hole in the ground with sand bags and grass on top. Anderson is a table with a bed underneath it. In London children were evacuated to the country side to be protected by Hitler’s bombs. There was also rationing that meant you could only have a certain amount of food. There were different ration books.

Blue – Children between 5 and 16 years of age.

Buff – Most adult had this colour.

Green – Pregnant women, nursing mothers and children under 5.

In class we did a poster about propaganda. My partner and I got to encourage people to take their gas masks where ever they went. We had a lot of fun doing this task. We also learnt about the Blitz and how life was affected in it. Blitz is short for Blitzkrieg. Blitzkrieg means lightning war.  We saw the word Ack-Ack guns that are short for Anti-Aircraft guns. Germans made a new word ‘coventrate’ which means to bomb a city.