Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Discuss their favourite toy using language related to the past.
- Ask questions about toys in the past.
- Make comparisons between toys in the past and present.
- Sequence artefacts from different periods of time.
- Identify changes between teddy bears today and those from 100 years ago.
- Describe how toys have changed over time.
Suggested prior learning
Y1/2 (A): How am I making history?
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Lessons
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 1: What is your favourite toy?
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 2: Did your parents and grandparents play with the same toys as you?
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 3: What were toys like in the past?
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 4: What is similar and different about toys now and in the past?
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 5: How have teddy bears changed over time?
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 6: How have toys changed?
Key skills
- Using common
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Key knowledge
- To know that throughout
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Key vocabulary
artefact
different
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Resources
Unit resources
History
Knowledge organiser – History Y1: How have toys changed?
Aimed at pupils, a single page document that gives key facts and definitions from the unit "How have toys changed?".
History
Vocabulary display – History Y1/2 (A): How have toys changed?
A display version of the key vocabulary from the 'How have toys changed?' unit.
Subject resources
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Cross-curricular opportunities
RSE & PSHE
Art and design
English: Spoken language
Maths: Measurement
British values: Mutual respect
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