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Lesson Two – Space Timeline
This history teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explain and model how to build a time line to order and sequence the main historical events that are connected to the space race in the past.
The class can explain why and how the USA and Russia competed against each other in space exploration during the Cold War period following the end of the second world war.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explain and model how to build a time line to order and sequence the main historical events that are connected to the space race in the past
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify some of the main reasons for space exploration following the second world war and a set of cards to research and record facts and information about one of the main events in the space race.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to build a time line to order and sequence the main historical events connected to the space race 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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