Lesson Six – Museum Tour

This history teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to practise conducting tours around a class museum to explain the importance of the life of Louis Braille in the past and his impact on the lives of others.

The class can identify and record possible questions that they could be asked during a museum tour and suggest matching answers about the life of Louis Braille.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise conducting tours around a class museum to explain the importance of the life of Louis Braille in the past and his impact on the lives of others

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify questions that can be used to find out about the life of Louis Braille in the past and templates to support conducting a tour about the importance of the life of Louis Braille in the past and his impact on the world.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to conduct tours around a class museum to explain 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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