Evacuation Coursework Part 1

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Question 1

Study sources B and C

Which source is more useful as historical evidence about the start of the children’s journey?

Explain your answer using sources B and C and knowledge from your own studies.

The evacuation process was a massive event and in the first three months 1.5 million people were evacuated and this was thought to have been one of as the biggest movement of people in history. I will investigate two sources: one being a photograph and the other an extract taken from an interview and decide which I think is more useful as personal evidence about the children’s evacuation journey.

Source B shows a photograph which was taken at the beginning of the evacuation process in London in September 1939. As the photograph was taken at the time when children were being evacuated, it proves useful   first hand evidential information from the actual time of the event. London was the first place from where children were evacuated as this was seen as a major target area.

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From what I can assess, it seems to be a quite orderly evacuation with teachers and other officials all present.  I know from other evidence that this was the case, so source B is useful from this point of view. Children were walking in lines and I can see that they have Gas masks round their necks, a poignant picture. From evidence I have studied, children were told to bring a gas mask, an identity card, a ration book, clothing and personal coupons, so this also suggests that this part of the photograph is valuable evidence.      

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