Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify important events surrounding the history of flight.
- Explain how a significant event has changed the lives of others.
- Ask questions about people and events in the past.
- Use primary sources to find out about people and events in the past.
- Correctly order five events on a timeline.
Suggested prior learning
Y1/2 (A): How have toys changed?
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Lessons
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 1: Who were the Wright brothers?
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 2: When was the first flight?
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 3: Why was Bessie Coleman significant?
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 4: Why is Amelia Earhart significant?
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 5: Why was the Moon landing special?
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 6: How did we learn to fly?
Key skills
- Sequencing six
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Key knowledge
- To know
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Key vocabulary
beyond living memory
decade
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Resources
Unit resources
History
Knowledge organiser – History Y2: How did we learn to fly?
Aimed at pupils, a single page document that gives key facts and definitions from the 'How did we learn to…
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Spoken language
Maths: Measurement
British values: Mutual respect
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Y1/2 (B): What is history?
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