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Grace Darling

This history scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate and record how life was different in the past from today by exploring the story of Grace Darling and the rescue of the Forfarshire. The class can write diaries, letters and play scripts to explore some of the events during the rescue by Grace Darling.

Investigate and record how life was different in the past from today by exploring the story of Grace Darling and the rescue of the Forfarshire

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Lesson One : Lighthouses

Plan and write a diary entry to describe the range of different jobs and routines that need to be performed by a lighthouse keeper each day

Lesson Two : Sea Dangers

Identify, describe and record some of the specific dangers and hazards that are associated with working and living by the sea

Lesson Three : Grace Darling’s Home

Explore and record the background history to the story of the famous sea rescue that was performed by Grace Darling and her father in the past

Lesson Four : Sea Rescue

Storyboard and sequence the main events in the story of Grace Darling and the sea rescue that she performed with her father in the past

Lesson Five : Survivors

Suggest and record how the survivors from the shipwreck of the Forfarshire might have responded to their rescue by the Darling family in the past

Lesson Six : Dear Grace Darling

Plan and write a letter in character to explore and record information about an historical event in the past when the Darling family rescued people from a shipwreck

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