Unit 2: What were homes like a long time ago? Section 2: What can we find out from the outside of homes?
Objectives
Children should learn:
to recognise common external features of domestic dwellings
to record their observations appropriately
Activities
Outcomes
Children:
Take the children to look at homes near the school. Help them to recognise common features by asking them to look for what is the same and what is different about the homes. Encourage them to talk about what the homes are built from, details of the windows, doors, chimneys, etc.
Ask the children to draw one of the homes, showing everything they can recognise.
On their return to school, ask the children to improve their drawing and to include all the key features.
identify key external features common to homes, eg windows, doors, chimneys
describe and draw details of different features of a home
Points to note
The location of the school will determine the type of home that can be used for this activity. Homes built in the last 20 years would be most appropriate.
This activity provides opportunities to make links with Unit
1D 'Homes' from the QCA design and technology scheme of work, and with Unit
1 'Around our school - the local area' from the QCA geography scheme of work.
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