Lesson 5: How and why has children's leisure time changed?
Exploring the changes to children's leisure activities from the past using illustrations and photographs.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1. Recap and recall
Display the Presentation: Explain the answer.
Working in pairs, ask the children to discuss their learning from the last lesson on how Lord Shaftesbury helped to improve the lives of children.
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In this unit
Assessment – History Y4: How have children’s lives changed?Lesson 1: What do sources tell us about how children’s lives have changed?Lesson 2: Why did Tudor children work and what was it like?Lesson 3: What were children’s jobs like in Victorian England?Lesson 4: How did Lord Shaftesbury help to change the lives of children?Lesson 6: What were the diseases children caught and how were they treated?Optional Remembrance lesson: How can we remember the children who were affected by war?
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