Learning objective
- To conduct an enquiry about my local area using the census.
Success criteria
- I can choose
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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
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could share their findings verbally; should use the Activity: A local area enquiry: support version to support the Main event.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should summarise what their given house suggests about the changes in the local area; could discuss what the history of the street can suggest about the history of Britain during that time.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: choosing an enquiry question
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Vocabulary definitions
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gazetteers
Books or documents that list and describe places, including details like location, historical facts and population.
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historical enquiry
The process of investigating the past by asking questions, examining sources and piecing together how things happened.
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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?