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History at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 1)

Unit 2: What were homes like a long time ago?

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Objectives

Section 1: What sorts of homes do people live in today?
Children should learn:
  • that people live in different sorts of homes
  • to talk about homes using appropriate vocabulary

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Section 2: What can we find out from the outside of homes?
Children should learn:
  • to recognise common external features of domestic dwellings
  • to record their observations appropriately

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Section 3: How were homes long ago different from homes today?
Children should learn:
  • to identify the key features of a home built a long time ago
  • to identify differences between two homes built at different times

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Section 4: What would we find inside people's homes a long time ago?
Children should learn:
  • to recognise different rooms and household objects from a long time ago
  • to describe the characteristics of household objects from a long time ago

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Section 5: What can we find out about Victorian or Edwardian times from looking at household objects?
Children should learn:
  • how to answer questions about household objects used a long time ago
  • to make inferences about aspects of home life a long time ago

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Section 6: How can we turn the 'home corner' into a bathroom, kitchen or living room from a long time ago?
Children should learn:
  • to apply their knowledge and understanding of home life a long time ago
  • to communicate, through role play what they have learnt about home life

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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?