Monday 31 March 2014

How did the Second World War change British Society?

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To complete this task you need to do some research of your own on the following areas
1) How did the position of women in society change during World War Two?
Check out these websites
http://caber.open.ac.uk/schools/stanway/index.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwtwo/women_at_war_01.shtml
http://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/ww2/projects/women-in-ww2/
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/women_WW2.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/6099415/WW2-the-role-of-women-in-the-Second-World-War.html

2) How did the Beveridge Report change attitudes about British society?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/timeline/factfiles/nonflash/a1143578.shtml

3) Did the war really make Britain a fairer society?
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/impactofwar/beveridge.html
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/national_health_service.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/higher/history/labour/impact/revision/1/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/higher/history/labour/impact/revision/2/

4) In what ways did the role of women change 1945-50?
http://www.stylist.co.uk/people/the-war-that-liberated-women
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/impactofwar/wwiiwomen.html