Activities

Choose a game, puzzle or classroom challenge and complete it on screen. Printable versions are also available where they form part of the original Young ELMS school resources.

Quiz

Knowledge Quiz

Test your wartime knowledge with 18 questions.

Start activity →Puzzle

Wordsearch

Find 12 hidden wartime words and mark them on screen.

Start activity →Puzzle

Crossword

Solve clues about the home front and war effort.

Start activity →Picture puzzle

Spot the Difference

Find 5 differences in wartime scenes.

Start activity →Code breaker

Prisoner of War Tap Code

Write and decode messages with a five-by-five tap-code grid.

Start activity →Map challenge

Name That Country

Identify wartime countries, seas and landmarks from a lettered map.

Start activity →Picture quiz

Aircraft Recognition

Match 12 silhouettes to British and German aircraft.

Start activity →Timeline quiz

Important Dates

Complete a timeline of major events from 1938 to 1954.

Start activity →Think and explain

Shot Down

Choose three things to carry in enemy-occupied territory and explain why.Start activity →Matching quiz

Escape Organisations

Match wartime escape lines and routes to the places where they operated.Start activity →