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LbQ has some KS2 History Reading Question Sets to help your pupils understand the events between 1939 and 1945 just in time for Remembrance Day.
The Short Read ‘[Britain in the Blitz](https://www.lbq.org/search/english/readingnonfiction?years=1,2,3,4,5,6&keywords=Britain%20in%20the%20Blitz)’ describes what life was like for ordinary people during the heavy bombing raids between September 1940 and May 1941.
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The ‘Britain in the Blitz’ Pre-Read Question Set defines new vocabulary such as, civilians, sirens and shrapnel.
The Retrieval Question Set asks questions like, ‘Why was there a food shortage during World War 2?’
The Features Question Set asks questions about captions, subheadings and the glossary.
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Each Short Read Question Set contains two questions that ask for written responses from pupils, such as ‘Imagine that you’re an evacuee at the time of WW2. Write a letter to your parents.’
These types of questions gives a personal context to this season of Remembrance, encouraging pupils to put themselves in the shoes of someone who lived through World War 2.
LbQ’s Guided Read ‘[The Battle of Britain](https://www.lbq.org/search/english/readingnonfiction/history/guided-reads-the-battle-of-britain?years=1,2,3,4,5,6&keywords=the%20battle%20of%20bri)’ is a longer text about the events leading up to the Battle of Britain in 1940 and about some of the incredible people who worked tirelessly to end World War 2.
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‘The Battle of Britain’ Question Set includes questions that ask pupils to name important figures in the war, give reasons for certain events or decisions, retrieve dates and sequence events.
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These questions are not only important for pupil comprehension, but they also provide some important historical context to Remembrance Day,
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Written for use in history lessons or during whole class, guided, reciprocal or independent reading, LbQ’s World War 2 Question Sets are also available as full, scrollable texts, which can be found in the [‘Comprehension’ topics in the KS2 English and History sections](https://www.lbq.org/search/english/reading-comprehension?years=1,2,3,4,5,6) on your LbQ home page.
Our resources are here to give your pupils some personal and historical context to the Remembrance Day services.
Together, we will remember them.
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