Lesson 8 - Spirit of the Blitz

The Blitz Spirit

History

Lesson 8

What is the “Spirit of the Blitz”?

• 3 minutes
• No written notes
• A structured and organized presentation
• A summary by a student
• A question by another student
• A question by the teacher
• The assessment

Oral session

A German Luftwaffe Heinkel He 111 bomber flying over Wapping and the Isle of Dogs in the East End of London at the start of the Luftwaffe's evening raids of 7 September 1940

I. What is the Blitz ?

Lesson 8: What is the “Spirit of the Blitz”?

St Paul's SurvivesHerbert Mason's photograph of St Paul's Cathedral taken on 29/30 December 1940

I. What is the Blitz ?

Lesson 8: What is the “Spirit of the Blitz”?

Life goes on amid the rubble … Photograph: Fred Morley/Getty Images

I. What is the Blitz ?

Lesson 8: What is the “Spirit of the Blitz”?

I. What is the Blitz ?

Lesson 8: What is the “Spirit of the Blitz”?

I. What is the Blitz ?

Lesson 8: What is the “Spirit of the Blitz”?

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10 min to prepare a 2 min-presentation

To what extent does this document represent the resilience of Londoners during the Blitz?

II. What is the “Spirit of the Blitz”?

Lesson 8: What is the “Spirit of the Blitz”?

Original copy of the Keep Calm And Carry On poster, in Barter Books, Alnwick, Northumberland

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Lesson 9: What is the “Spirit of the Blitz”?

One more thing...

Lesson 9: What is the “Spirit of the Blitz”?

One more thing...

Lesson 9: What is the “Spirit of the Blitz”?

National Gallery daytime concerts during WWII, 1939

One more thing...

Lesson 9: What is the “Spirit of the Blitz”?