Lesson Six – Town Changes
This history teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to explore, describe and compare some of the different changes and improvements that have occurred in the local area over time.
The class can explain and model how to use primary sources to identify how locations and buildings close to the school have changed and developed since the past.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore, describe and compare some of the different changes and improvements that have occurred in the local area over time
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe how some buildings might change over time and a template to select and list information about some of the changes and improvements that have happened to the buildings in the local area over time.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore and record some of the changes and improvements that have occurred in the local area over time.
This lesson is part of a history scheme of work to get the children to identify, describe and compare some of the changes to different buildings that have occurred in the school’s neighbourhood over time. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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