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Cover Sheet – Where Can I Get My Sources From?

Examples of the kinds of sources that can be researched are: • materials from the local area – local newspapers from the years of the Wars are likely to have information on both these topic areas • oral evidence: either directly from people who experienced rationing in the Second World War or air attacks in the Second World War; or from oral records covering both topics – for example ‘Forgotten Voices’ by Max Arthur (Ebury Press) provides a number of quoted extracts from the Second World War • documents published by the Imperial War Museum: posters and document packs ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning’ (World War 1); ‘The Home Front, 1939-1945’ (particularly useful on rationing) • posters can be found on both topics – the IWM is a useful repository • photographs of the effects of air raids and the impact of rationing are readily available • artefacts: a ration book, especially from within the community; Ministry of Food pamphlets • excerpts from films: for example ‘London Can Take It’ on the Blitz – available from National Archives; ‘Rationing in Britain’ from Youtube.com • TV documentaries: • The Internet provides large quantities of source material. Sites that might be looked at include: * for Rationing: www.bbc.co.uk (Home Front in WW2) www.wartimememories.co.uk/rationing www.primarysources.co.uk Images for rationing in WW2 * for War in the Air: www.historylearning site.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk/history/Home Front in WW1 and WW2 www.nationalarchives www.johndclare.net/wwii www.wikipedia.org (good for specific information on individual towns) Secondary sources that provide source material include: • ‘AQA GCSE History B: the Historical Enquiry’ Nelson Thornes, 2009 • ‘Yesterday’s Britain’ Reader’s Digest ISBN 0276423917 At least one of the sources should be a representation or an interpretation from a period later than the event.


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