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Learning objective

  • To use the census to make inferences about people from the past.

Success criteria

  • I can use the census to make inferences
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History

The National curriculum for history

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Lesson plan

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Display the Interactive presentation: Investigating the past of our local area.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Should use Activity: Watercourse Alley statements (support) to decide if the statements are true or false.

 

Pupils working at greater depth

Could use Activity: Watercourse Alley statements (extension), in which pupils are given data from the census and are instructed to create questions that can be answered using this data.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: identifying the type of information the

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Vocabulary definitions

  • census

    An official survey of the population that is carried out every ten years.

  • enumerator

    A person employed to collect census forms and enter them into the enumeration book.

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In this unit

Assessment - History Y6: What does the census tell us about our area?

Lesson 1: What does the census tell us about the people living in our local area?

Lesson 2: What happened to Mary Bucktrout? (Part 1)

Lesson 3: What happened to Mary Bucktrout? (Part 2)

Lesson 4: How did Mary Bucktrout feel about the key events in her life?

Lesson 5: Who lived in our local area? (Part 1)

Lesson 6: Who lived in our local area? (Part 2)

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Last update: 15th January, 2026

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