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A Girl's Guide to Spying

This resource pack offers a selection of discussion prompts, activities and creative tasks designed to support the teaching of A Girl’s Guide to Spying in the classroom, school library or book group setting.

It is suitable for UKS2 and KS3 and supports cross-curricular links with English, History, Art and PSHE.

Read this book for the following themes:

Girl Guides and Empowerment – learning skills, confidence and independence

Courage and Bravery – facing danger and responsibility during WW1

Mystery and Spying – codes, observation and uncovering secrets

Historical Context – life in 1915 London, gender roles and wartime society

Friendship and Teamwork – collaboration, loyalty and support

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