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History at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 5/6)
Unit 13: How has life in Britain changed since 1948?
Section 8: THE ENQUIRY STAGE 5: What are the changes in work, home life, popular culture, population and technology in Britain since 1948? When did these changes happen?
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Objectives |
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- how personal memories can be used to find out about the past
- about one person's experiences, values and attitudes since 1948
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Activities |
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Ask the children What else do we want to find out? How can we do it? Each group identifies four or five questions that they have been unable to answer so far.
Arrange a visit from a person who is old enough to talk about change in Britain since 1948.
Each group asks the visitor four or five questions about their topic and the children note the main points.
Discuss the interview with the children, eg Which of the experiences of the person surprised them? How did the experiences match what they had found out? What did they find out from the person that they were not able to find out from their other sources of information?
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- listen to, and record memories about Britain since 1948
- extract information from the interview to supplement, and compare with, their own conclusions about life in Britain since 1948
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Points to note |
It is important to prepare the interviewee in the following ways:
- share the learning objectives and outcomes with them
- ensure that they will not express values and attitudes that could upset or offend
- encourage them to illustrate their talk with personal mementos, eg photos, letters, clothes etc
Encourage the children to listen carefully to the visitor, eg ask them to identify important factual information or find evidence of the speaker's point of view.
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This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of
activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by
moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
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1. How can we begin to find out about change since the Second World War? |
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2. What types of evidence can we use to find out about life in Britain since the Second World War? |
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3. THE ENQUIRY: What are the changes in work, home life, popular culture, population and technology in Britain since 1948? When did these changes happen? |
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4. THE ENQUIRY STAGE 1: What are the changes in work, home life, popular culture, population and technology in Britain since 1948? When did these changes happen? |
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5. THE ENQUIRY STAGE 2: What are the changes in work, home life, popular culture, population and technology in Britain since 1948? When did these changes happen? |
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6. THE ENQUIRY STAGE 3: What are the changes in work, home life, popular culture, population and technology in Britain since 1948? When did these changes happen? |
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7. THE ENQUIRY STAGE 4: What are the changes in work, home life, popular culture, population and technology in Britain since 1948? When did these changes happen? |
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8. THE ENQUIRY STAGE 5: What are the changes in work, home life, popular culture, population and technology in Britain since 1948? When did these changes happen? |
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9. What links and connections can we make between the changes in British life since 1948? |
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10. What have been the most important changes since 1948? How are these changes linked? |
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