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D-DAY FOR SCHOOLS

The Danger UXB Mobile museum is a Living History mobile museum that actually comes to your school!
Each workshop is designed to immerse students in the lives of people on the British Home Front, and what D-Day meant to them during World War II.
We don't just talk about D-Day, we live it!  Our costumed historian is Captain Steve Day of the Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal section, who will talk about, demonstrate and invite students to participate in different jobs that were carried out in across Britain during the War.
​Students will have a hands on expirience with their own ID Card, building air raid shelters,  Play the plane identification game – is that friend or foe flying overhead?
plus many more activities depending on numbers and time.
D-Day and Life in World War Two Britain
Students  will handle a large range of real life WW2 objects with our historians, and learn about: rationing, Make Do and Mend, evacuation, and how the bombings in South Wales led to the arrival ofr the American GI's and D-Day that shaped our daily life.
Please note:  There are no blade weapons, such as knives or bayonets in the collections we bring. 
But for KS2 and 3 groups, replica hand guns and rifles are part of the display.
 KEY FACTS.
  • The Danger UXB Museum comes to your school.
  • A Workshop is defined as a Morning or Afternoon session.
  • Each Workshop caters for up to one class of 35 students (plus accompanying adults).
  • Workshops are suitable for KS 1, 2, and can also be adapted to KS3.
  • The Danger UXB D-Day workshops are free, although we do request a donation to cover the operational costs.
D-DAY AND WW2 WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES.
  • To be able to understand how ordinary life and people in Britain were affected by the Second World War through learning about their experiences on the Home Front through costumed interpretation, artefacts and activities.
  • To experience what aspects of life were like on the Home Front during the Second World War, including: Rationing, air raids, gas masks, Anderson shelter, Unexploded Bombs the blackout, plane identification and the role of an ARP warden.​
  • To understand  why the Normandy Landings were so immportant, what were the names  given to the beaches the allies landed on.
We have a range of worksheets to be used at the mobile museum in our download section. 
For more information and booking please use the contact form, or drop us an email.