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Classroom Keystage 2-History - British History - Britain Since 1930 - Events


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History - Key Stage 2

Britain since 1930 - The Blackout

Read these sentences and choose the correct words.


During the Black out it was very   [, grey, light, dark, black out, ] outside.

When aeroplanes bombed towns and cities it was known as an   [, gas mask, air raid, dark, bombing, ]

What was the Air Raid Precaution better know as ?   [, PRA, ARP, PAR, Precaution, ]

Men and women fired at planes flying overhead, this was known as   [, bombing, air raid, anti-aircraft, black out, ] fire.

The   [, dark, air raid, black out, curtains, ] was when people had to make sure that no light could be seen from their windows.

A lot of the   [, air raid, gas mask, bombing, black out, ] was carried out at night.

Everyone had to carry their gas masks around in a   [, bag, box, suitcase, pocket, ] .

To make sure that no light was seen from windows, people put up thick   [, gas masks, dark, box, curtains, ] .

Some bombs were designed to burst into flames when they hit the ground, these were known as   [, devices, incendiary, air raid, bombing, ] devices.

People had to carry a   [, box, baby, gas mask, bomb, ] with them at all times in case of gas. Babies had special gas masks.




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