World War 2: The Forgotten Ones

Single facilitated Interactive Story-Telling workshops

More has been written about World War 2 than possibly any other period in history but many people who contributed to the Allied defeat of Germany and Japan have been repeatedly overlooked.

Over 2.5 million Indian citizens served in the British armed forces during World War 2 and the Indian Army was the largest volunteer army in the world. Between them they were awarded a staggering 31 Victoria Crosses.

Thousands of Caribbean and African men and women served with the RAF. More than 370,000 African troops fought in East Africa and Burma.

Thousands more served as merchant seamen, transporting vital supplies. Up to a third of them perished in the task. Donations and loans to the war effort came flooding in from countries unable to afford proper schools or hospitals at home.

Using guided drama exercises we look at the enormity of what these people did, to ask why they would volunteer and to demonstrate the importance of acknowledging their contribution.

We look also at how initial reluctance to accept them in other than support services was overcome and how one experimental group of Black American fighter pilots helped to pave the way for Civil Rights.

Ideas will be provided for follow on exercises covering creative and informative writing, art and DT.

Suitable for: Key Stage 2

Curriculum: In addition to contributing directly to the History curriculum and to Black History celebrations, this piece will also help in the work of delivering Creativity across the Curriculum, including Literacy, Art, DT and PSHE.

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