Y1/2 (B): Lesson 3: How were schools different in the 1900s?
Discovering what schools were like 100 years ago; using and evaluating historical sources to find out information.
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Learning objective
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National curriculum
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1. Recap and recall
Pair the children and show the Presentation: What do you remember? Ask the children to tell their partner everything they can remember about what school was like for people their parents or grandparents' age.
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Adaptive teaching
Assessing progress and understanding
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In this unit
Assessment – History Y1/2 (B): How was school different in the past?Y1/2 (B): Lesson 1: Were schools different in the past?Y1/2 (B): Lesson 2: How have schools changed within living memory?Y1/2 (B): Lesson 4: How have schools changed?Y1/2 (B): Lesson 5: What is similar and different about schools now and in the past?Y1/2 (B): Lesson 6: Would you prefer to have gone to school in the past?
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 10 July 2026
