Lesson 1: What is the census?
Learning about what a census is, why it exists and how it was collected in the past.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1. Recap and recall
Tell the children they will reflect on how historians know about the past. Show the Presentation: 3, 2, 1 and hand out whiteboards and pens (one each). Read the slide and allow time for the children to write their responses.
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In this unit
Assessment – History Y6: What can the census tell us about local areas?Lesson 2: What can we learn about Victorian children from the census?Lesson 3: What does the census suggest about the jobs available in the 1800s?Lesson 4: Why did some women refuse to fill out the census in 1911?Lesson 5: What changed in the 1921 Census?Lesson 6: Who lived in our local area in the past?Optional Remembrance lesson: How do people mark Remembrance?
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 1 July 2026
