The London Blitz

Class Schedule

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Date

Topics to be covered 

Readings & Assignments

Tuesday
28 Aug 12

Introduction

Timeline of London, 1930-1939

Thursday
30 Aug 12

Logistics of London


1930's Map of the London Underground


Children's Map of London

Map of Great Britain -- Her Natural & Industrial Resources (1939)

Tuesday
4 Sept 12

Evacuations

Daily Telegraph article from Sept. 2, 1939

Footage of children being evacuated (1939)

The National Gallery in Wartime

Map Assignment Due

Thursday
6 Sept 12

Blitz Preparations


London Goes to War, 1939

The Blitz on Clydeside

Tuesday
11 Sept 12

Blitz Preparations


Worksheet on Blitz Preparations from the Metropolitan Police Office

Shop Windows in Soho

Paper Proposal Due

Thursday
13 Sept 12

Attacks Begin


Day one timeline of where the bombs fell

The Blitz...in pictures

The first night: Black Saturday

Tuesday
18 Sept 12

Life Underground


School Radio: Sheltering in a London Tube Station


The Tube in the Blitz

Shelter Underground

"London tube station opens for blitz tours"
(2010)

Thursday
20 Sept 12

Keeping spirits up


We will view "Their Finest Hour" in class

First Draft of Paper Due

Tuesday
25 Sept 12
Keeping spirits up - songs v. speeches

There'll Always Be An England and other War Music

Vera Lynn Songs on YouTube

Speeches & Audio: Churchill on the Battle of France

Winston Churchill Speech on The Blitz

Thursday
27 Sept 12
Role of the Royals

Princess Elizabeth's Broadcast to Children

Buckingham Palace Bombed

Queen Mother Blitz letter: in full

Songs v. Speeches Assignment Due

Tuesday
2 Oct 12
In-class Artwork Assignment

Exhibition of work by war artists of the London Blitz

Museum of London: The Blitz

Thursday
4 Oct 12
Assessing the damage

The Big Story (Facts & Figures)

"Censored for days, this picture was finally published in the Mail..."

The Blitz: Oxford Street's store wars

Corbis Images of Blitz damage


Tuesday
9 Oct 12

No Class...
...Fall Break
Thursday
11 Oct 12
Paper Presentations

Final Draft Due by 10:00 p.m.