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QCA

History at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 1)

Unit 2: What were homes like a long time ago?
Section 1: What sorts of homes do people live in today?

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • that people live in different sorts of homes
  • to talk about homes using appropriate vocabulary

Activities

Outcomes

Children:

Show the children pictures of different sorts of homes. Which are like your home? Which are different? Encourage them to talk about homes they are familiar with. Why do people live in different sorts of homes? Select children to place the correct labels on the pictures of different types of homes.

  • recognise and name different types of homes

Points to note

The purpose of this activity is to provide opportunities for children to appreciate the diversity of homes that people live in today, so that they can use this knowledge as a basis for comparisons with the past.

Sections in this unit

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1. What sorts of homes do people live in today?
2. What can we find out from the outside of homes?
3. How were homes long ago different from homes today?
4. What would we find inside people's homes a long time ago?
5. What can we find out about Victorian or Edwardian times from looking at household objects?
6. How can we turn the 'home corner' into a bathroom, kitchen or living room from a long time ago?