History at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 5/6)

Unit 13: How has life in Britain changed since 1948?
Section 9: What links and connections can we make between the changes in British life since 1948?

Objectives

Children should learn:

to identify links and connections between different aspects of British life since 1948
that change in one area can lead to change in another area

Activities

Outcomes

Children:

Use the time line to stimulate the children to identify the links and connections across all topics, eg What changes in work led to changes in the population? How did changes in technology lead to changes in food?

Place arrows on the time line to show where changes in different areas can be linked to each other.

identify similarities between changes and between causes in different topics
suggest links between different topics eg arrival of Bangladeshi community meant that different foods became available

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	1. How can we begin to find out about change since the Second World War?
	2. What types of evidence can we use to find out about life in Britain since the Second World War?
	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?
	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?
	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?
	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?
	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?
	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?
	9. What links and connections can we make between the changes in British life since 1948?
	10. What have been the most important changes since 1948? How are these changes linked?