Learning objective
- To investigate how the census changed by following the life of Evelyn Dove.
Success criteria
- I can use
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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 and display the Presentation: Gimme five! Allow time for the children to complete the activity.
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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 timeline in the Knowledge organiser as support during the Main event; could sort fewer features in their Venn diagram during the Main event.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could write about the changes in Evelyn Dove’s life in Activity: Census changes; could compare the changes between the 1921 and 1971 Censuses.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: extracting information about Evelyn
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Vocabulary definitions
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biography
A detailed study of a person’s life written by someone else.
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secondary source
An object or record created after an event or period.
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In this unit
Assessment - History Y6: 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?