Help - need history task for 14 year old war buff!

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I've just started a new role as a SEN tutor with kids who are out of a school setting. I'll be doing maths and English with them, but I have a 15 year old pupil who wants to do something enjoyable for his first week with me and he loves history, particularly wars.

I only have him for an hour per day. Day 1, we completed crosswords on world wars which he quite enjoyed. Day 2, I brought some comprehension tasks on the Battle of Britain and Alan Turing. They were supposed to be for his age group, but he's very bright and knowledgeable about these topics so found it too easy (I thought this would be the case, but thought it would be good for confidence to show his ability). He also said he finds it boring to read texts and answer questions, but when I suggested setting him a writing task, he said no.

I have 2 more sessions with him that are to involve history - any ideas what on earth I can do to engage him? I thought about taking my ancestry account in and letting him have a go at building a family tree but not sure if I'd be crossing some boundaries here. Any suggestions gratefully appreciated.

Use the commonwealth war graves website and research a local soldier or relative, ties in nicely to being almost remembrance Day. You can research the area of the world they fought in, the battles etc.

Virtual museum tour? Imperial War Museum has some good photo collections online with interesting stories behind them.

Any particular era? 20th century or medieval?

Build a model Anderson Shelter?

Go to Smiths and get the November issue of BBC History magazine. Work through the feature on the state of the British Empire in 1923. Very educational and really helps with understanding of a) problems that were left following WW1 and b) the build up to WW2.