The Blitz through Connie's eyes
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Learn about the Blitz through Connie’s personal story of living in London’s Docklands before and during the Second World War.
Use eyewitness accounts, objects, documents and images to build a picture of children's lives during the Blitz.
What can eyewitness accounts and other primary sources tell us about life during the Blitz? Find out in this interactive and exploratory workshop.
Discover Connie's personal story of living in London’s Docklands as a child during World War Two, captured on film by the museum in 2020. Develop enquiry and evidence-based skills, while engaging with authentic lived experience. Empathise with personal experiences of evacuation, rationing and bombing, using objects and testimony that are relevant and poignant today.
Important information
This session shares the lived experience of children during the Blitz and includes discussions of loss, death and trauma. As such, we recommend this session for year 5 and 6 groups. Please email us at the Learning team if you have any questions about the content, or to discuss any particular sensitivities within your class.
Session availability
Sorry, all sessions for the academic year are booked. If you'd like a self-led school visit, please find more information here.
Need to know
To book, please call the Box Office on 020 7001 9844. If you have difficulty using the telephone, please visit our Access page for assistance.
60-minute classroom session plus 20-minute gallery introduction from a museum learning facilitator and further self-directed gallery time.
KS2 History: A significant turning point in British history; a study of an aspect of history or a site dating from a period beyond 1066 that is significant in the locality
KS2 Citizenship: To think about the lives of people living in other places and times
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London Museum DocklandsThe Blitz through Connie's eyes
Use eyewitness accounts, documents and photographs to build a picture of children's lives during the Blitz
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