Y1/2 (B): Who is our monarch today?
Understanding how monarchs are crowned in a special ceremony.
Learning objective
To explore coronations by acting out the ceremony.
Success criteria
I can explain how and when someone becomes a monarch.
I can identify steps in the coronation ceremony.
I can explain the use of special objects in a coronation.
Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Put the children in pairs and show the Presentation: Which role?
Put the children in pairs and show the Presentation: Which role?
Presentation: Which role?
Make presentation full-screen
Ask the children to discuss with their partner which role of the monarch is hidden under each coloured splat, rehearsing the action and naming each role. Take feedback, then click to reveal the images.
Remind the children that the monarch today is King Charles III. He is the 62nd British monarch to serve over the past 1,200 years.
Open the link: Kapow Primary timeline and select the 21st century timeline. For clarity, use the filters button at the top left to unselect all features and then tick 'monarchs' and 'King Charles III'.
Click on the blue dots to show that Charles became King on 8 September 2022 when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died.
Explain that when a monarch dies, their eldest child becomes the new monarch. In the past, it would have been the eldest son; today, the crown passes to the eldest child, regardless of gender (see Teacher knowledge).
Remind the children that the monarch today is King Charles III. He is the 62nd British monarch to serve over the past 1,200 years.
Open the link: Kapow Primary timeline and select the 21st century timeline. For clarity, use the filters button at the top left to unselect all features and then tick 'monarchs' and 'King Charles III'.
Click on the blue dots to show that Charles became King on 8 September 2022 when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died.
Explain that when a monarch dies, their eldest child becomes the new monarch. In the past, it would have been the eldest son; today, the crown passes to the eldest child, regardless of gender (see Teacher knowledge).
1. Show slide 1 of the Presentation: The coronation.
Pair the children again, one to take the role of the King and the other of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Call out the first stage of the coronation ceremony (the oath) and invite the children to act it out. Ask them which stage comes next to help practise the names, before acting it out. Complete each stage and finish with a whole-class procession to celebrate.
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In this unit
Assessment – History Y1/2: What is a monarch?
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 1: What is a monarch?
- Current lesson
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 2: Who is our monarch today?
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 3: How did William the Conqueror become King of England?
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 4: How did William the Conqueror rule?
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 5: How did castles change?
Y1/2 (B): Lesson 6: What was a monarch in the past?
