Curriculum Visions Overview

2. Supplementary videos
Featured video: Wartime cooking Shows how to make a wartime recipe. Supports: textbook 'Children in the Second World War'. Playing time: 10 min (V355)
Video playlist
Gas masks Looks at what a gas mask was like. Supports: textbook 'Children in the Second World War'. Playing time: 3min (V344)
What was wearing a gas mask like? Show a gas mask being put on, and what it feels like to wear one. Supports: textbook 'Children in the Second World War'. Playing time: 7 min (V345)
Bomb damage Describes the damage bombs could cause – and human suffering. Supports: textbook 'Children in the Second World War'. Playing time: 5min (V346)
Wartime jobs Humorous short film featuring 1940s star Robertson Hare. Supports: textbook 'Children in the Second World War'. Playing time: 8 min (V352)
Pillbox Shows the inside and outside of a WW2 pillbox guarding a route near a river. Pillboxes are reinforced concrete gun positions used by soldiers with rifles. Supports: textbook 'Children in the Second World War'. Playing time: 2 min (V1226)
Note for teachers: Collect and cook rations in the way they did in the Second World War – and keep healthy, too.
Cooking: preserving apples Shows how to make a wartime recipe. Supports: textbook 'Children in the Second World War'. Playing time: 5 min (V354)
Cooking: bread pudding Shows how to make a wartime recipe. Supports: textbook 'Children in the Second World War'. Playing time: 10 min (V355)
Cooking: suet pudding Shows how to make a wartime recipe. Supports: textbook 'Children in the Second World War'. Playing time: 11 min (V356)
Cooking: vegetable soup Shows how to make a wartime recipe. Supports: textbook 'Children in the Second World War'. Playing time: 5 min (V357)
Cooking: flour dumplings Shows how to make a wartime recipe. Supports: textbook 'Children in the Second World War'. Playing time: 5 min (V358)
Cooking: potato pancakes Shows how to make a wartime recipe. Supports: textbook 'Children in the Second World War'. Playing time: 10 min (V359)
Post-war prefabs Shows the famous prefabs that were erected on bomb sites. Supports: textbook 'Children in the Second World War'. Playing time: 2 min (V350)