World War 2: Wartime homes

Children of the wartime evacuation

Go to classroom version. Teacher's notes and class activities Turn Back Time: Classroom resource pack Using archive film: Rationing - Make your own "make do and mend" designs Evacuation 1 - Write a letter to a friend about being an evacuee Evacuation 2 - Write a letter to home as an evacuee Home Life - Choose what to take into an air raid shelter Back to top.

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  • The wartime house : home life in wartime Britain, 1939-1945.
  • Everyday Life.
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  • The Steel Industry in Japan: A Comparison with Britain (Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series).
  • Life in a Wartime House: 1939-1945 (Paperback).

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Although many men and women joined the military, many stayed home.

How people stayed healthy during wartime food rationing

These photographs show men, women, and children at work—many in war-related industries—at play, and at home. They also provide a glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans, who were forced off their property and housed in internment camps for the duration of the war. Washington— the first major oceangoing vessel to be named after an African American, shown here being christened by opera singer Marian Anderson—were built and put into service.


  1. La pirámide de Khéops (COLECCIÓN CIAN) (Spanish Edition).
  2. Cookies on the BBC website!
  3. Barton's Bookshop.
  4. Life in a Wartime House: : Brian Williams : ?
  5. Between the Icebox and the Stairs?
  6. Another Me.
  7. The Ford assembly plant in Richmond literally changed gears to build Sherman Tanks, like the one pictured here. The Richmond Shipyards built more ships during the war than any other facility.

    BBC - Primary History - World War 2 - Wartime homes

    The photograph of workers here shows a crew made up equally of men and women. The threat of war did not prevent young people from enjoying activities such as swimming, like these San Jose high school girls, or doing artwork, like the students shown here.

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    The Kern County Library had a free library bookmobile that visited schools without their own school libraries.