What impact did WW2 have on the lives of women in Northern Ireland?
In this investigation you are going to examine how the war affected women by looking at a range of sources from the time. SCENARIO: The Northern Ireland Museum’s Council are planning a touring exhibition about life in Northern Ireland in WW2. Your assignment is to to plan a multimedia display on women in WW2. As visitors walk through your display they will see various scenes. You have two main tasks: • Suggest 4 scenes which will help visitors to understand how the war affected women. • Write the commentary and other sound effects which the visitors will hear when they study the scene (the commentary will be triggered by hidden sensors which will know when visitors are approaching). What you have to do: 1. Start by reading the historical facts about the impact of war on women. 2. Now study the sources. For each source, decide whether it is useful in terms of informing the public about areas such as: • The war work women did • Women in the armed forces and other services • The impact of
