Lesson Six – Toy Museum

This history teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate how to select and record facts and information to add to a label for a toy or game from the past to use in a museum display about family life in the past.

The class can practise presenting collected information about an artefact that was used by families in the past to indicates its appearance, function and age.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to select and record facts and information to add to a label for a toy or game from the past to use in a museum display about family life in the past

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to explain how to present information about an artefact from the past and a template to select and record a description of an artefact from the past to use in a class museum display about family life.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to select and record information to add to a label for a toy or game from the past to use in a museum display.

This lesson is part of a history scheme of work to get the children to investigate and record how a selection of different toys and games owned by families have changed and developed 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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