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History at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 3/4)

Unit 18: What was it like to live here in the past?

QCA

Adapting the unit

Year 5 and 6 children could:

  • explore more than one period in the past
  • focus on why the locality changed and the consequences of this
  • take responsibility for finding and selecting sources suitable for the enquiry
  • use a more extensive range of sources, synthesising information from more than one source, and comparing and contrasting different sources
  • use more challenging sources, transcribing some of the documents or using ICT to store the information on a database
  • present their findings using a wider range of communication techniques


Sections in this unit

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.
1. What is our area like today?
2. How can we use maps to explore how our area has changed?
3. What can local buildings or sites tell us about the past?
4. What do pictures and photographs tell us about past life in our area?
5. Which written sources can we use?
6. How can oral sources help us to find out about how people lived?
7. What was it like to live in our area in the past?