Learning objective
- To describe what an explorer is by imagining a journey.
Success criteria
- I can name some explorers from the
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National curriculum
History
The National curriculum for history
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Show the Presentation: Transport sort. Remind the children that they have compared toys from now and the past (History, Year 1, How have toys changed? Lesson 4: What is similar and different about toys now and in the past?). Explain that transport is how people get from one place to another. Ask the children to…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support:
- Could be shown the equipment or the items on the Presentation: Explorers before the lesson.
- Could record their ideas as words or drawings using the support version of the activity sheet, or as audio/video recordings.
Pupils working at greater depth:
- Could create the timeline on paper and write a sentence below each image to describe what they can see.
- Should begin to identify similarities between the explorers.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with a secure understanding can:
- Explain what explorers do.
- Show understanding that
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Vocabulary definitions
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beyond living memory
More than 100 years ago.
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discovery
Finding something not known before.
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In this unit
Assessment - History Y1: How have explorers changed the world?
Lesson 1: What is an explorer?
Lesson 2: Where have explorers travelled and when?
Lesson 3: Who was Christopher Columbus and what did he do?
Lesson 4: Who was Matthew Henson and what did he do?
Lesson 5: How has exploration changed?
Lesson 6: How can we remember them?
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Last update: 30th March, 2026
Lesson 5: How has exploration changed?
Identifying changes and continuities between explorers from two time periods.
Lesson 2: Where have explorers travelled and when?
Asking questions to find out about the achievements and discoveries of explorers past and present.
Lesson 4: Who was Matthew Henson and what did he do?
Using photographs to ask and answer questions about the explorer Matthew Henson.
Lesson 6: How can we remember them?
Understanding the significance of some explorers and events.
