Learning objective
- To make inferences about women’s lives in the 1900s using the census.
Success criteria
- I can describe
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National curriculum
History
The National curriculum for history
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Cross-curricular links
English
Spoken language
Pupils should
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Arrange the children in pairs. Display the Presentation: Expand and add detail and ask the children to work with their partners to expand the statements about Victorian jobs.
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Extended-mode explainer videos
How to extend your display to view the lesson page and preseantion mode simultaneously. Choose your operating system below to watch the video
Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Should use the Resource: Talk sentences (one each) to support them during their presentations in the Main event; should use the Resource: Women’s suffrage glossary for vocabulary support during class discussions.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could include a reflection on why some women did not support women’s suffrage in their presentations; could reflect on whether they agree or disagree with how women avoided the census; could describe the usefulness and limitations of using the census to explore women’s lives in their presentations.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: extracting information about women’s
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Vocabulary definitions
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boycott
To stop buying or using something from a company or country to show disagreement with their views or actions and encourage change.
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protest
When people come together to publicly show their disagreement with something, often aiming to persuade those in power to make changes.
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In this unit
Assessment - History: What can the census tell us about local areas?
Lesson 1: What is the census?
Lesson 2: What can we learn about Victorian children from the census?
Lesson 3: What does the census suggest about the jobs available in the 1800s?
Lesson 4: Why did some women refuse to fill out the census in 1911?
Lesson 5: What changed in the 1921 Census?
Lesson 6: Who lived in our local area in the past?