Lesson 6: Would you have preferred to go to school in the past?

Learning objective

To express a personal response to history.

Success criteria

I can explain whether I would have preferred

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National curriculum

History

Pupils should be taught about:

significant

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English

Spoken language

‘Pupils should

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1: Lesson plan

An area for you to put useful resources from the previous lesson

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could draw a picture to explain their answer to the enquiry question using the picture prompts on the Activity: Would you have preferred to go to school in the past? (support version).

Pupils working at greater depth

Could be challenged to give more than one reason for their choice.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: stating whether they would

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Vocabulary definitions

past

Events that have already happened.
present

Time happening now.

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In this unit

Assessment - History: How was school different in the past?

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Lesson 1: Were schools different in the past?

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Lesson 2: How have schools changed within living memory?

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Lesson 3: How were schools different in the 1900s?

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Lesson 4: How have schools changed?

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Lesson 5: What is similar and different about schools now and in the past?

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