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1  Why were children sent to live with strangers in the country during World War II?

http://www.holnet.org.uk/learningzone/londonatwar/childrenthewar/index.html

2  What did the word "blitz" mean? When did the blitz happen? Name two ways in which people protected themselves from falling bombs.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/blitz_01.shtml

3  When were the first Spitfires made? How many of these fighter aircraft were made in total?

http://www.iwm.org.uk/duxford/brit6.htm

4  What was an Enigma machine like? Why did the Germans think the enigma code could not be broken?

http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/10/enigma/index.htm

5  How did women's lives change during World War II?

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/nettsch/time/wlife.html

6  When did Stevenage become the UK's first New Town? How many people live there now?

http://www.stevenage.gov.uk/about/history/newtown.htm

7  Where and when was the Festival of Britain held? What was the name of the tallest structure built for this exhibition?

http://www.packer34.freeserve.co.uk/colour.htm

8  When and where was Queen Elizabeth II crowned?

http://oremus.org/liturgy/coronation/cor1953b.html

9  One of the most popular children's television programmes of the 1950s and 1960s was "Watch with Mother". Make a list of the programmes which were broadcast in this series on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday each week. What was each programme about?

http://www.sterlingtimes.co.uk/television1.htm

10  When and why was the British Telecom Tower built? What happened to it in 1971?

http://www.urban75.org/london/telecom.html

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