Learning objective

  • To explore the purpose and creation of a census.

Success criteria

  • I can describe what a census is and

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National curriculum

History

The national curriculum for history

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Before starting this unit, check the children can recall: How historians know about the past. Any historical evidence from the Victorian period. The usefulness and limitations of that evidence. The meaning of the terms ‘period’ and ‘continuity.’

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could use the Resource: 1851 Census transcript at the beginning of the Attention grabber to support reading the original 1851 Census; could use the Resource: Census glossary when interpreting data from the census during the Main event.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should consider the challenges of reading Victorian census data; could consider the challenges missing census data would have for historians; should explain the importance of why past written data is transcribed.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: describing what a census

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Vocabulary definitions

  • census

    An official survey recording information about a population.

  • census data

    Information collected about people during a census, often includes their age, job and where they live.

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