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| 03/10/2005-
West Dunbartonshire Primary School Children Become Evacuees |
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Michael’s Primary School in Dumbarton was one of three schools
to become a WW2 classroom for the day. Local veterans and actors
in period costume including a British airman, 1940s schoolteacher,
the ‘lady of the manor’ and American paratroopers worked
with the children to set the war within a context of childhood and
everyday life. The initiative was designed to give the children
an emotional experience of what it was like to be a child during
the war. Activities included a simulated air raid, and an simulated
‘evacuation’ to the countryside. |
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