Learning objective
- To compare a modern classroom with a classroom 100 years ago.
Success criteria
- I can recognise features of modern classrooms.
- I can
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National curriculum
History
The National curriculum for history
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Arrange the children into pairs and display the Presentation: Fact tennis. Ask the children to take turns to share what they learnt in the last lesson about schools 100 years ago.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could draw two features in each classroom; if possible, could work as part of an adult-supported group to generate ideas.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should use the Activity: How have schools changed? (extension).
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: identifying three features of
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Vocabulary definitions
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different
Something that is not like something else.
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modern
Relating to present times.
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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 3: How were schools different in the 1900s?
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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Y1/2 (B): Lesson 4: How have schools changed?
Comparing schools now with schools in the 1900s, recognising similarities and differences.
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 6: Would you prefer to have gone to school in the past?
Using knowledge of schools in the past to decide and explain a preference for school...
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 2: How have schools changed within living memory?
Investigating what schools were like in the past and creating enquiry questions to ask a...
Assessment – History Y1/2 (B): How was school different in the past?
Skills catcher for use at the start and/or end of the unit to assess pupil...
