Learning objective
- To investigate what schools were like in the 1900s.
Success criteria
- I can explain what ‘beyond living memory’ means.
- I
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National curriculum
History
The National curriculum for history
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Cross-curricular links
English
Spoken language
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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: Brain dump. Ask the children to tell their partner everything they can remember about what school was like for people their parents or grandparents’ age. Take feedback.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could complete the Activity: Schools in the past in a small group.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could be challenged to make comparisons between schools then and now; could be selected to role-play a schoolchild from 100 years ago and receive questions from the class.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: using sources to research
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Vocabulary definitions
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beyond living memory
Events that people alive today cannot remember.
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decade
Ten years.
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In this unit
Assessment - History Y2: How was school different in the past?
Lesson 1: Were schools different in the past?
Lesson 2: How have schools changed within living memory?
Lesson 3: How were schools different in the 1900s?
Lesson 4: How have schools changed?
Lesson 5: What is similar and different about schools now and in the past?
Lesson 6: Would you prefer to have gone to school in the past?
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 2nd April, 2025
