How have toys changed?

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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.

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Lesson 1: What is your favourite toy?

  • To discuss a favourite toy.
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Lesson 2: Did your parents and grandparents play with the same toys as you?

  • To find out what toys our parents and grandparents played with.
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Lesson 3: What were toys like in the past?

  • To investigate what toys were like up to 100 years ago.
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Lesson 4: What is similar and different about toys now and in the past?

  • To compare toys from the past with modern toys.
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Lesson 5: How have teddy bears changed over time?

  • To investigate how teddy bears have changed over time.
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Lesson 6: How have toys changed?

  • To know how toys have changed over time.
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