Lesson 1: What do sources tell us about how children's lives have changed?
Examining different sources to explore the changes in the lives of children over time.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1. Lesson recap
Before starting this unit, you might want to check what the children can recall:
How historians learn about the past.
Examples of historical evidence they have come across.
The limitations of some historical evidence.
A simple chronology of mankind from the Stone Age to the Iron Age.
- The meaning of the terms change and continuity.
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In this unit
Assessment – History Y4: How have children’s lives 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 5: How and why has children’s leisure time changed?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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Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 1 July 2026
