Young
People and the Second World War Project
The main objective of this project is to encourage school students
to carry out interviews with people who experienced the Second World
War as young people (aged 5 to 18).
Level:
Students aged 12-18.
Language:
English
Authors:
Students, assisted by their teachers.
Submissions
Write a brief
biography of the person being interviewed.
Possible subjects
covered in the interviews:
experience
of being bombed,
evacuation,
relationship with armed forces and resistance movements,
food rationing,
impact of the war on the family,
collecting war artefacts.
You are invited
to include illustrations of the person being interviewed. It is better
to use photographs of the person taken between 1939 and 1945.
Oral
History Article: Voices from the Past
Interviewing
Senior Citizens
Oral
History Website
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