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  1. Biography: Winston Churchill for Kids

    Biography >> World War II. Occupation: Prime Minister of Great Britain Born: November 30th, 1874 in Oxfordshire, England Died: 24 January 1965 in London, England Best known for: Standing up to the Germans in World War II Biography: Winston Churchill was one of the great world leaders of the 20th century. His leadership helped Britain to stand strong against Hitler and the Germans, even when ...

  2. Winston Churchill

    Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born on November 30, 1874, in Oxfordshire, England. His father was a wealthy politician. His mother was from the United States. Winston went to private schools and then to Sandhurst, the British military academy. In 1895 Churchill entered the British Army. In 1899 he joined the Conservatives, a British ...

  3. Winston Churchill

    Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill was chosen as one of the most influential leaders of all time. He was the prime minister of Britain during World War II and was also involved in the government during World War I. Churchill was a leader, a historian, a writer and a painter. He even won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1953.

  4. Winston Churchill facts for kids

    Kids Encyclopedia Facts. The Roaring Lion, a portrait by Yousuf Karsh at the Canadian Parliament, 30 December 1941. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill KG OM CH TD FRS PC (30 November 1874 - 24 January 1965) was an English politician. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, once during World War II, and again in the early 1950s.

  5. Winston Churchill

    Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born in England on November 30, 1874, at Blenheim Palace, in the 21,000-acre estate of the dukes of Marlborough. His father was Lord Randolph Churchill, the third son of the seventh duke. His mother, Jennie Jerome, had been a New York society beauty. When Winston was born, his father was chancellor of the ...

  6. Winston Churchill

    Top 10 facts. 1. Winston Spencer Churchill was born on 30 November 1874 at Blenheim Palace, a very grand house near the city of Oxford. 2. Churchill's father was Lord Randolph Churchill, an important conservative politician; his mother, Jeanette Jerome, was American. Winston Churchill was the eldest of two children.

  7. Winston Churchill Facts & Worksheets

    Background and early military career. Born on 30 November 1874 at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, Winston Churchill was the first child of Lord Randolph Churchill, a Conservative Member of the Parliament, and Jennie Spencer. He had another brother, Jack, who was born in Dublin, Ireland. The family relocated to Dublin due to his father's ...

  8. Biography of Winston Churchill

    Biography of Winston Churchill. Add to My Folder. Join Scholastic Resource Bank: Primary from just £15.00. a year to access thousands of KS1 and KS2 resources. Learn more about Winston Churchill through this timeline and biography activity. PDF [80 KB] Share this page:

  9. Who was Winston Churchill? Facts and Information

    Churchill was defeated in the 1945 election. Churchill was seen as a fantastic war leader, but the public didn't think he could lead the country in times of peace. Churchill served as Leader of the Opposition for 6 years. Churchill became Prime Minister for the second time in October 1951. He resigned in April 1955.

  10. Winston Churchill

    Recent News. Winston Churchill (born November 30, 1874, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England—died January 24, 1965, London) was a British statesman, orator, and author who as prime minister (1940-45, 1951-55) rallied the British people during World War II and led his country from the brink of defeat to victory.

  11. Biography Quiz: Winston Churchill

    10 Question Quiz. For webquest or practice, print a copy of this quiz at the Winston Churchill webquest print page. About this quiz: All the questions on this quiz are based on information that can be found at Winston Churchill. Back to Biography for Kids.

  12. Churchill timeline

    KS2. Category. History: World War II. Inside. Includes answers. Resource type. Worksheet. Children match events from Winston Churchill's life to the correct date, then arrange them in chronological order on the template provided. It is possible to differentiate the activity by giving children just one page to sort.

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    80 Top "Winston Churchill Biography" Teaching Resources curated for you. Winston Churchill KS2 Differentiated Reading Comprehension Activity . 14 reviews . Last downloaded on. KS2 World War Two Leaders PowerPoint . 11 reviews . Last downloaded on. Winston ...

  15. Winston Churchill Biography Writing Unit

    A biography writing unit about the Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II, Winston Churchill. The NO PREP unit has been split into four separate lessons and is perfect for students in Year 3 or Year 4. Students will learn about the famous figure whilst working on their comprehension skills and developing their creative writing.

  16. Winston Churchill

    t. e. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill[ a ] KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA (30 November 1874 - 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (during the Second World War) and again from 1951 to 1955.

  17. UKS2 History

    Subject: English. Age range: 7-11. Resource type: Unit of work. File previews. pdf, 1.06 MB. pdf, 1.08 MB. A World War 2 biography writing unit about the life of British wartime Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. The NO PREP unit has been split into four separate lessons and is perfect for students in Year 5 or Year 6.

  18. The Official Biography of Winston Churchill

    The first volume of Winston S. Churchill was published in 1966, the year after Sir Winston died. After Randolph's death in 1968 Martin Gilbert, who had joined Randolph as a research assistant in 1962, was appointed by the Churchill family to be the official biographer. Sir Martin died in 2015 and since that time his former assistant, Dr Larry ...

  19. Winston Churchill

    The official biography, Winston S. Churchill, was begun by the former prime minister's son Randolph in the early 1960s; it passed on to Martin Gilbert in 1968, and then into the hands of an ...