OCR: History - British Depth Study: Youth (WW2 - 1960's)

At the start of 1940 a _________ of city children were getting no education.

What were the effects of rationing on children. SELECT TWO EFFECTS

During the blitz. 5000 children were killed. True or False?

The Government had organised the evacuation of _________ school children. Children were not forced to leave to the countryside.

The [blank_start]NHS[blank_end] had specific aspects aimed at Children. They set up extensive networks of school medical services, including medical inspections by [blank_start]school nurses[blank_end]. These services were more widespread than medical services pre-war. One big impact of the NHS on children was the [blank_start]introduction of vaccines[blank_end] against some of the [blank_start]main killer diseases.[blank_end] ([blank_start]TB, Diphtheria[blank_end] etc)

Young people [blank_start]didn't have a separate[blank_end] culture from adults. They wore the [blank_start]same sorts of clothes[blank_end] as their parents and had [blank_start]the same pastimes[blank_end] as well. Families [blank_start]ate together[blank_end], watched TV together and listened to radio together. They often went to [blank_start]the same schools[blank_end] as their parents did and might well go on to work for the same companies as their parents did!.. How ever by the second half of the [blank_start]1950's[blank_end] the term 'widely' used to refer to young people [blank_start]from 15 - early 20s[blank_end].

You could tell a teenager by their.... [blank_start]CLOTHES:[blank_end] they began to wear different styles of clothes from their parents. [blank_start]MEETING PLACES:[blank_end] Teenagers began to [blank_start]spend more time[blank_end] with each other than with their families. They gathered in [blank_start]coffee bars[blank_end] and listened to other young people play music. [blank_start]FILMS:[blank_end] [blank_start]American[blank_end] movies were just as influential as [blank_start]American[blank_end] music. The film rebel without a doubt had a huge impact on the youth culture of the [blank_start]1950's[blank_end]. This also dramatised the gap between the [blank_start]teenage generation and their parents.[blank_end]