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  • Stephenson Railway Museum

    Home Front - Dig for Victory

    Monday 5 September 2011 to Friday 20 July 2012

    KS2 - History, Literacy, Self, Others and Wider World, Local Studies

    Discover more about food supply during the Second World War. Using maps your class will investigate why rationing was introduced and ‘growing your own’ was encouraged. They will find out about rationing using original and replica objects and sow vegetable seeds in paper pots to take back to school.

    45 min facilitated session

    £40

    For a full day at the museum the following facilitated sessions can be combined at a discount price:

    Home Front - Evacuation & Dig for Victory £90
    For information about self led resources please contact:

    learning@stephensonrailwaymuseum.org.uk

    or telephone 0191 2007146 

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