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Welcome to BBC Scotland
Education's Around Scotland website looking at Scotland during
the time of the Second World War. The site complements the Around Scotland
television series Scotland during the Second World War but can
also be used as a stand alone resource. It is aimed at 10-12 year olds.
This site aims to provide an interesting arena for investigation, evidence
gathering and assessment for pupils whilst encouraging them to role-play
as enemy spies.
Links with Revised
E.S. 5-14 Guidelines
This site is mainly at level D of the new Environmental Studies document
although some of the mission activities are level C and E, due to the
differentiation. (See below for key to numbers).
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Activities
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Knowledge
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Understanding
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Skills
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Developing
Informed
Attitudes
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Evacuation
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School
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| Knowledge
and Understanding |
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People,
events and societies of significance in the past |
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Change
and Continuity, cause and effect |
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Time
and historical sequence |
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The
nature of historical evidence |
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Preparing
for tasks |
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Carrying
out tasks |
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Reviewing and reporting tasks |
| Developing
Informed Attitudes |
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A
commitment to learning |
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Respect
and care for self and others |
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Social
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Classroom Use
Pupils must first select an area to work in:
- Home Life (which
includes inside and outside the home)
- School
- Evacuation
- Street Life
Following investigation
of each area pupils are encouraged to complete tasks relating to what
they have found out. These are called "missions" which range
in their levels of difficulty. Pupils have to complete mission one first,
then two and then three.
Each area begins with an illustration of a war time scene from 1941. As
the pupil rolls over the image, various items become active.
However, before they start to investigate an area we would urge teachers
to ensure that pupils have printed out their Spy Notebook for
as they will need this
to make notes before they can complete their Spy Log missions online.
If no print facility is available notes can be written on plain paper.
The pupil
must then click the active item in the picture to find out more. After taking
notes for the three missions they move onto the Spy Log and
complete the tasks there. If pupils run into difficulty a Hints facility
is provided. They can also check the Word
Bank which is a glossary of key terms. A suggested order to work
through each area would be:-
- After selecting
an area to work in, print the notebook.
- Investigate the
picture taking written notes on the notebook, progressing through missions
1, 2 and 3.
- Complete the Spy
Log using notes from the notebook as reference.
This Spy Log
can be saved after mission 3 is completed. If a pupil has only managed
to complete mission 1 he/she is given a password which they can use to
rejoin the Spy Log at the mission 2 stage the next time they use the site.
The passwords are:-
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Home
Life
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School
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Evacuation
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Street
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mission
1
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siren
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medal
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evacuation
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gun
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mission
2
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victory
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soldier
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U-boat
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rations
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mission
3
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Germany
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commando
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Churchill
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Hitler
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Please
note: passwords are case sensitive
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Links to other sites
There is more information about the Second World War on the following
sites:-
The BBC is not responsible
for the content of external links.
Download
Information
Some of the pages on the site have a high graphic content which means
that they may take a while to download, although this will depend on the
equipment being used. The audio clips will require a soundcard to be fitted
and Real Player to be installed in order to be heard. Most newer PC's
have a sound card as part of the standard package. You can download the
free Real Player plugin via:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/guides/plug/plug2.shtml
If no audio is available a text version of the audio clip has been supplied.
Film clips will also require Real Player to be viewed, and a plugin for
these can also be found at the above web address.
Some parts of the site are animated using Flash, including the Spy Log
and will need a Flash plugin. This can be downloaded free via the above
address.
NB. Measurements and
prices mentioned in the site use the imperial system and pre-decimal currency.
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