Do: Create an instructional poster showing what to do when an air raid warning sounds.
Do: Set a timer to play at random intervals while you work. When the timer sounds you must turn off the lights, close the curtains and take cover under your desk until the timer sounds again letting you know it is safe to resume working. Teachers could remove a chair to indicate that an air raid attack has taken place and ‘damaged’ that location.
Do: Write down how working while knowing that the timer might sound made you feel. Did it make you more productive or were you distracted waiting for the timer? Did you feel hurried to take cover when the alarm sounded, or were you calm and methodical? How easy was it to resume working after the timer had ended?
Do: Make a word cloud of the verbs and adjectives you used to describe your experience of the timer activity.
Do: Use the words from your word cloud to write a diary entry from the perspective of someone describing their experience of an air raid warning.
Do: Make a list of other alarms that you might encounter in your day-to-day life. Compare how you feel when you hear these alarms to how you might feel hearing an air raid siren. You could use the words from your word cloud to help you.