Live stream
1.30pm

Mon 11 Nov 2024

What can personal stories reveal about life in the East End during the Blitz? Experience the realities of Londoners living through the Blitz in this live stream, evoking wartime life in an engaging and accessible way.

Give pupils the opportunity to use eyewitness testimony, hear real family stories, be introduced to objects from the period and ask questions to an expert on the topic.

Examine evidence and become history detectives as we bust myths about the Second World War and find out what it was really like to live through it.

Important information

This session shares the lived experience of children during the Blitz and includes discussions of loss, death and trauma. As such, we recommend this session for year 5 and 6 groups. Please email the Learning team on [email protected] if you have any questions about the content, or to discuss any particular sensitivities within your class.

Key stage:
KS2
Curriculum:
KS2 History, KS2 Citizenship
Attendance options:
Online only
Duration:
45 mins
Two women sit at a table examining a cylindrical object on a tray. One woman, in a yellow top, gestures on the object, while the other, in a black top, listens. A tablet is placed on the table.

London's Docklands in the Blitz – a live stream

Need to know

Advanced booking required. Please complete the booking process online using your school's address. You only need to book one ticket for your whole class. You will be sent a booking confirmation with a link to join the live stream. Use this link to join the live stream on the day and time of your booking.

Please have the following information ready for booking:

  • your school address
  • your school email address and phone number
  • number of pupils who will be watching the live stream from your school

Make sure you have the following:

  • a computer connected to a screen (such as an interactive whiteboard) for students to see the live stream
  • speakers for students to hear the audio
  • access to another screen from which a member of teaching staff can enter comments and questions into a chat box
  • access to Vimeo live video – we know that some schools block Vimeo so please check with your IT technician whether this will be possible
  • a member of teaching staff available to facilitate the session for the children

Once you have your equipment set up, you’re ready to go. The livestream does not assume any subject knowledge, and key terminology and concepts will be explained and discussed as they come up. You can just press play on the day and enjoy the experience with your class.

You’ll join the stream using the link provided in your confirmation email. London Museum staff will lead the session live from the museum, and while you’ll be able to see them, your class will not be visible on camera.

The stream is an interactive opportunity for your pupils to ask questions to an expert from the museum. Questions are written in the chat box, asked by our on-screen host and answered live. Alongside the Q&A we’ll be watching some videos, handling objects and playing some true or false myth-buster games.

Our expert on London's Docklands in the Blitz is Charlotte Tomlinson, a creative historian working at the University of Lincoln.

This live stream is aimed at pupils in key stage 2.

Despite careful planning and practice, it's possible that we might have technical issues while running the stream. We'll do our best to make things right, but we also recommend that you have your own ICT support on hand to help in case there are issues with your equipment or setup.

Yes – by using the same link, you'll be able to access your stream for 30 days.

We'll be in touch afterwards to collect your feedback.

All live streams come with closed captions.

Please get in touch with us on [email protected] if you'd like to discuss any access needs.

KS2 History: Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources; a significant turning point in British history; a study of an aspect of history that is significant in the locality.

KS2 Citizenship: Think about the lives of people living in other places and times, to care about other people's feelings and try and see things from their points of view.