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Learning objective

  • To recreate the thoughts and feelings of Mary Bucktrout.

Success criteria

  • I can identify the key parts of Mary’s
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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Arrange the children in pairs. Display the Presentation: Expand and add detail and ask the children to work with their partners to expand the statements about Mary Bucktrout using their learning from Lesson 3.

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Adaptive teaching

Learners needing support

Should use Activity: Making inferences about Mary (support), which focuses on Mary’s thoughts, and should write an entry about Mary’s work in a flax mill.

 

Learners working at a stretch

Could use Activity: Mary’s post-mill experiences and create a diary extract explaining Mary’s thoughts and feelings after her accident.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: identifying the key parts of Mary’s

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Vocabulary definitions

  • can-hooker

    A mill worker who retrieved flax from the bottom of a container.

  • piecer

    A mill worker who joined individual pieces of flax into one piece.

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In this unit

Assessment - History Y6: What does the census tell us about our area?

Lesson 1: What does the census tell us about the people living in our local area?

Lesson 2: What happened to Mary Bucktrout? (Part 1)

Lesson 3: What happened to Mary Bucktrout? (Part 2)

Lesson 4: How did Mary Bucktrout feel about the key events in her life?

Lesson 5: Who lived in our local area? (Part 1)

Lesson 6: Who lived in our local area? (Part 2)

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Last update: 15th January, 2026

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