Lesson 5: What is similar and different about schools now and in the past?
Learning to compare three periods of time and identifying similarities and differences.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1. Recap and recall
Arrange the children into pairs and display the Presentation: 3, 2, 1. Ask the children to imagine a classroom 100 years ago and tell their partner:
Three things that are the same as a classroom today.
Two things that are different.
One thing from the classroom 100 years ago that they wish had not changed.
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In this unit
Assessment – History Y2: How was school different in the past?Lesson 1: Were schools different in the past?Lesson 2: How have schools changed within living memory?Lesson 3: How were schools different in the 1900s?Lesson 4: How have schools changed?Lesson 6: Would you prefer to have gone to school in the past?Optional Remembrance lesson: What can we learn from a soldier’s story?
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 1 July 2026
