Learn how the WW2 home front changed Britain: pack an evacuee's suitcase, shop with a ration book, scramble Spitfires and shelter from the Blitz.
Years 3–6 history · 1
Years 3–6 history · 1
Years 3–6 history · 1
Years 3–6 history · 1
Years 3–6 history · 1
Years 3–6 history · 1
What the chapters cover in the national curriculum in England:
Britain at War is an interactive WW2 home front game for children aged 7–11 that teaches how the Second World War affected life in Britain and why the Battle of Britain was a turning point. Pip, a wartime messenger pigeon, reads every step aloud with captions.
Players place 1939–1945 on a timeline, then follow evacuees (children moved from cities to the safer countryside) on Operation Pied Piper. They shop with a ration book, the government's way of sharing food fairly when U-boats sank supply ships, and use radar to spot raids before the RAF scrambles.
In the Blitz, they close blackout curtains and choose between Anderson and Morrison shelters. Finally, they sort what changed after 1945, from women's war work to the NHS, and work out simple date sums along the way.
The Blitz was the German bombing of British cities, mostly at night, from September 1940 to May 1941. London was bombed on 57 nights in a row, and cities such as Coventry, Liverpool and Glasgow were hit too, so families slept in air raid shelters.
Children were evacuated to keep them safe from bombs that were expected to fall on Britain's big cities. Operation Pied Piper began on 1 September 1939 and moved about 1.5 million people to the countryside in three days, each child wearing a name label and carrying a gas mask.
The Battle of Britain was a turning point because the RAF stopped Germany's air force from controlling the skies, so Hitler postponed his invasion of Britain. Britain stayed free to keep fighting, and in 1944 the D-Day landings set off from its shores.
The game is for children aged 7 to 11 and is pitched mainly at Year 6, where the Second World War is usually taught in KS2 history. Every line is read aloud and shown as a caption, so younger or less confident readers can follow along.
It includes six chapters with animated introductions, hands-on activities, typed date questions and a three-question check each, plus a 12-question Home Front Challenge. Playing everything takes about an hour, and children can choose any chapter from the map.
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