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Lesson 1: What is your favourite toy?

Discussing children's favourite toys and recalling their past using language relating to time.
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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Before starting this unit, check that the children can recall the following words:

  • Past: Events that have already happened.

  • Present: Time happening now.

  • Timeline: A line showing events in time order.

  • Living memory: Events remembered by people who are alive.

  • Remember: To have or keep an image or idea from the past in your mind.

Show the Presentation: What is a memory? Read the labels for each picture and ask the children to discuss, in pairs, which would be a memory.

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In this unit

Assessment – History Y1: How have toys changed?
Lesson 1: What is your favourite toy?
Lesson 2: Did your parents and grandparents play with the same toys as you?Lesson 3: What were toys like in the past?Lesson 4: What is similar and different about toys now and in the past?Lesson 5: How have teddy bears changed over time?Lesson 6: How have toys changed?
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 1 July 2026

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