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Préparation au voyage : recherche sur Internet sur la Seconde Guerre Mondiale. (fiche en anglais)

World War II in Britain NAME : ............................................

Evacuation. [ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/evacuation/

1. Who did the government decide to evacuate from the cities ? .........................................................

Where did the government decide to send them ? ..........................................................

2. When did the plan start ? ....................................................................

3. How many were evacuated ? .....................................

What did the majority of them do a few weeks later ? .............................................................................

Listen : audio document with transcript. In 1940, Princess Elizabeth, aged 14, speaks to the young evacuees.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/history/worldwar2audioclipslibrary_clip06.shtml

Winston Churchill. [ http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/timeline/

4. Scroll along the timeline and find the date when Winston Churchill became Prime Minister : .............................

[ Click on Winston Churchill's photograph in the timeline :

5. Copy out the quotation (citation) from the speech he made in the Houses of Parliament on May 13^th 1940 :

"I would say to the House, .............................................................................................

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6. Translate this quotation into French :

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Rationing. [ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/food_and_shopping/

[ Click on "Rationing" :

7. When did rationing start ? .....................

8. When people went shopping, they needed money + a special book called a "................. book".

9. Click on "What could people buy ? " and make a list of the foods that were rationed :

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10. Find 5 other products that were rationed : .....................................................................................

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Relaxing. [ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/growing_up_in_wartime/

[ Click on "Family entertainment" :

11. Tick what people could do in their free time : £ phone their friends £ drive to the country

£ go to the cinema £ surf the net £ watch T.V. £ listen to the radio £ go to a discotheque

£ play records on a gramophone £ listen to comedy shows on the radio

Air raids. http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/war/blitz.htm

12. What was the Blitz ?

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13. What does the word "Blitz" come from and what does it mean ? ...................................................................

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14. When did it start ? ...................................................... When did it finish ? ..............................................

15. What proportion of London was destroyed ? .........................................................

16. How many civilians were killed during the Blitz ? .............................................

The British Royal Family during the war. [ http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/war/royalfamily.htm

17. King George VI was on the British throne. He was the present Queen's £ uncle. £ father. £ cousin.

18. During the war, £ all the Royal Family stayed in Buckingham Palace in London.

£ all the Royal Family lived in a secret place in London.

£ the King and Queen stayed in London but their 2 daughters lived in a less dangerous place.

19. During the war, £ Buckingham Palace was not bombed.

£ Buckingham Palace was bombed several times.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/air_raids/

[ Click on "Where did people shelter ?" :

20. What is an air raid shelter ? (definition in English)

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21. Name 2 public places where people in London could shelter during the raids :

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[ Click on "A shelter at home" :

22. People could have a private shelter at home. There were 2 types :

Å name : ..........................................................

Å place : .....................................

name : ................................................................................È

place : ............................................ Æ

Blackout time.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/wartime_homes/

[ Click on "Blackout time" :

23. In the 1940s, electric light £ was very rare in private homes.

£ was very common in private homes.

24. When enemy planes flew over cities, people had to : £ switch off all the lights in their homes.

£ cover the windows so the planes couldn't see the lights.

25. There was someone in the streets to : £ check if the people respected the rule.

£ switch off the street lights.