WW2 Evacuation – Knowledge Organiser Year 6 Spring 2Vocabulary Key Facts Leaders During the War

Evacuation Organised movement of children and the vulnerable from towns and cities to safe zones.

1. 1.9 million children left their city homes for a life in the country, where they were safe.

2. Some children were separated from their brothers or sisters when they were chosen by the host families.

3. The host families received a weekly payment for taking in children. This was usually spent on evacuee children.

4. Some children never saw their parents again as their parents were killed during the war.

5. Some children were made to work as servants by the host families.

6. Some children learnt new skills and didn’t return to city life because they preferred life in the countryside.

AlliesGreat Britain –

Neville Chamberlain then Winston

Churchill

Russia – Joseph Stalin

USA – Theodore Roosevelt then Harry

Truman

France – Charles de Gaulle

Axis PowersGermany – Adolf Hitler

Italy – Benito Mussolini

Japan – Hideki TojoEvacuee Someone who was evacuated.

Concentration camp

Prison where Jews and other prisoners were kept by Nazis.

Nazi Short for National Socialist Party (in Germany). Followers of Hitler were also called Nazis.

Holocaust Mass murder of Jews and other people by Hitler and the Nazis.

Propaganda Controlling news to show your side in the best way.

Holocaust

Rationing Controlling the supply of food, clothes, petrol and other products.

The Holocaust was a period in history at the time of World War Two (1939-1945), when millions of Jews were murdered because of who they were.

The killings were organised by Germany's Nazi party, led by Adolf Hitler.

Jews were the main target of the Nazis, and the greatest number of victims were Jewish. Nearly seven out of every 10 Jews in Europe were murdered because of their identity.

Host family Families that looked after evacuated children.

Conscription Being made to join the Armed Forces to fight in a war.

Conscientious objector

Someone who refuses to fight in the war.

Electricity – Knowledge Organiser Year 6 Spring 2Vocabulary Knowledge

Battery A container consisting of one or more cells where chemical energy is converted into electricity and used as a source of power.

Buzzer An electrical device that makes a buzzing noise and is used for signalling.

Cell A device containing electrodes that is used for generating current.

Circuit A complete and closed path around which a circulating electric current can flow.

Conductor A material or device which allows heat or

Thomas Edison invented the modern lightbulb.

Nikola Tesla invented the alternating current (AC) electrical