Bletchley Park 1
Bletchley Park is considered the home of modern computing. In this 10 week topic, children can discover the history of Bletchley and learn about code breaking and password hacking. They will have the opportunity to demonstrate some of their digital literacy skills by creating presentations about historical figures.
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Lesson 1: Secret codes
In the first lesson of this unit, children explore a variety of different codes from simple caesar ciphers to the Enigma code
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In this lesson, children learn what 'brute force hacking' is and the importance of secure passwords
ViewLesson 3: Bletchley Park
In this lesson, children find out about Bletchley during WWII and how the first computer cracked the Enigma code
ViewLesson 4: Computing heroes
In this lesson, children learn about important historical figures in the field of computing, including Alan Turing, Margaret Hamilton and Steve Jobs
ViewLesson 5: Computing heroes part 2
In this lesson, children research and present information about a historical computing figure, explaining the impact of their significance
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