RGS-IBG Unlocking the Archives Year 6 and D Day

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RGS-IBG Unlocking the ArchivesYear 6 and D Day

• This workshop was a role play exercise
• The children were put into character outside the
  education room which became the Campaign room
• As soon as they entered they were addressed as
  new trainees for using photographs and maps to
  prepare maps for a Northern France landing
• This included reminding they had signed the
  Official Secrets Act
• The final accolade a certificate of achievement

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Maps located the position of England in relation
to the North French Coast and proposed landings
.The nature of the terrain and man made
featureswere detected from photographs and map
symbols
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Photographs from civilian sources

• These included low water views
• This entailed discussion of tides, High Water
  mark (HWM), Low Water Mark (LWM) beach shape,
  slope, character
• and the nature of the coast line generally
• There were family groups which highlighted the
  above and also drew attention to dunes, beach
  huts, sand types, and access features such as
  roads.

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A close study of Trouvilleusing photographs
taken in Trouville in the 1940s and earlier
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Four sets of photographs were related to maps and
the implications discussed.
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Maps , symbols and photographs were used for
Exercises 3 4