Lesson Five – Braille Museum
This history teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate how to produce a classroom display as a museum to describe and illustrate the importance of the life of Louis Braille in the past and his affect on other people.
The class can design and make models of artefacts connected to the the history of Braille such as example alphabet letters and special tools used in the boys’ home.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate how to produce a classroom display as a museum to describe and illustrate the importance of the life of Louis Braille in the past and his affect on other people
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify and describe the life of a significant figure from history and their impact on the world and a template to select and record information about an artefact connected to the life of Louis Braille.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to produce a classroom display to describe and illustrate the importance of the life of Louis Braille in the past.
This lesson is part of a history scheme of work to get the children to explore and record information about the life and work of Louis Braille who had a significant impact on the development of communication in the world. 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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