Seaside Holidays

This history scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to describe and compare how families enjoyed seaside holidays together in the past with similar events and experiences enjoyed by families today. The class can use role-play and write recounts to explore special events that happened on past seaside holidays.

Describe and compare how families enjoyed seaside holidays together in the past with similar events and experiences enjoyed by families today

Lesson One : Family Holidays

Explore and record some of the special reasons as to why families choose to holiday in some different locations in the United Kingdom and wider world

Lesson Two : Holiday Fun

Practise using drama to explore and illustrate some of the special games and events that can be experienced as part of a family seaside holiday

Lesson Three : Holidays Yesterday

Investigate how to use primary sources to identify and describe seaside holidays that families experienced in the past using example photographs

Lesson Four : Seaside Interviews

Explore how to collate and record information about life in the past by conducting interviews using key questions about family holidays to the seaside

Lesson Five : Holiday Postcards

Investigate how to identify and record some of the differences between seaside holidays in the past with today by writing example recounts in postcards

Lesson Six : Holiday Souvenirs

Explore how to identify and record some of the similarities and differences between seaside holidays in the past using souvenirs purchased by families

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