WTWB-Story Elements

When the Wind Blows

Story Elements

L.I. - Identify the factual elements of the story

Identify the fictional elements of the story

Look at these events and cut and paste them into the correct column in the table

FACT

FICTION

There was a cold war between former allies Nuclear fallout can kill you after the bomb has gone off England was afraid of a Russian / American nuclear war Russia is a democracy There was a nuclear arms race America is a democracy There was a nuclear arm People believed in Mutually Assured Destructions race A nuclear refuge (like the one in the book) would protect y People built nuclear fallout shelters in case there was a war After WW2 Russian bombed England The cold war has caused other conflicts

The Russians let off a nuclear bomb After 14 days you can leave the nuclear fall out shelter Cushions can protect you from nuclear fallout People who wore patterned clothing got the pattern burnt into their skin A nuclear bomb causes a big flash of heat and light