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Lesson One – Moon Exploration
This history teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate how to compose and present a speech outlining and explaining some of the main reasons for space exploration that occurred in the past.
The class can identify and record reasons for some of the significant historical events that lead to the Moon landing by the USA in 1969.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate how to compose and present a speech outlining and explaining some of the main reasons for space exploration that occurred in the past
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify reasons for space exploration in the 1950s and 1960s, a worksheet to collect facts and information to use in a speech about space travel in the past and a template to write a speech to explain reasons for the technological advancements that lead to the Moon landing.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to compose a speech outlining some of the reasons for space exploration in the past.
This lesson is part of a history scheme of work to get the children to explore how the space race in the 1950s and 1960s heralded a number of technological, cultural and political changes and advancements 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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