Learning objective
- To understand how to record events on a timeline by ordering explorers.
Success criteria
- I can select important events from a historical
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National curriculum
History
The National curriculum for history
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Cross-curricular links
English
Writing
Pupils should be taught to:
- Write
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Display the image on the Presentation: How did people travel in the past? and allow the children to point out what they can see.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could be provided with three images to sequence; should sequence the images and glue these on the timeline.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should tell the story by writing a sentence below each drawing on the timeline; could explain why they think the events they have chosen are the most important and what they think was good and bad about Christopher Columbus’ voyage.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: selecting the most important events in
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Vocabulary definitions
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achievement
Something done successfully with effort.
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beyond living memory
More than 100 years ago.
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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?
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 7th April, 2025
