Friday 28 March 2014

Bletchley Park - Code Breaking

Starter:
Watch this clip

  1. What happened at Bletchley park?
  2. Where is it?
  3. When was Bletchley park used?
  4. Why was it used?
  5. What was Colossus?



Main:

Create an information booklet about Bletchley Park.

Your target audience is GCSE Computer Science students who are visiting the park.

You must include:

  • An introduction about Bletchley Park.
    • Where is it?
    • Is it a house or estate?
    • An image of the house
  • An overview of how it was used during WW2
    • Who were based there?
    • What were they doing?
    • Why were they needed?
  • Information about Colossus
    • The spec of the machine
    • What could it do?
    • How did i assist the Allies?
    • What would have happened without it?
    • An image of the machine
  • Actual people who were stationed there
    • Find 2 people who were stationed at Bletchley Park
    • At least 1 man and 1 woman
    • Tell their story


Plenary
Write a blog post about what could have happened if Colossus had not been built.
Why was it so significant?