Melbourne Infant School - History - Seaside Holiday - Year1

Lesson Objectives Activities Resources
1 To talk about their own holidays from the past.To use photographs as a source of evidence about the recent past.To identify features associated with seaside holidays today. TI: Begin the lesson with the topic Assessment Sheet.Then look at the story ‘ Steven Seagull goes to the Seaside’ http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/stevenseagull/atthe/page1.htm# Discuss what Steven sees on his seaside holiday to Morecombe, listing the new vocabulary on the board. Model the activity:Activity: Children to take a photograph of themselves / drawings and make an information book on their holiday, including - write about what it was like, what they saw and what they did.Plenary: Share Information books. What holidays do we go on today? http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/stevenseagull/atthe/page1.htm# IWBPhotographsInformation book templateVocabulary
2 To develop skills of enquiry.To use time – related vocabulary.To use photographs as a source of evidence about the recent past. TI: Share the information books from last lesson. What holidays do we go on today? Discuss how we might travel in England or we might fly on a plane to another country. Discuss what we might see and do.Activities: · Art: Children to use a range of travel brochures to collage ‘holidays today’. · ICT: Children to look at http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/subjects/geography/coasts/index.html Information book on ‘Coastal Environments’ today.· Literacy: Children to share each others Information books from lesson 1.Plenary: Share ideas about what we have learnt about the seaside today. What was it like in the past? Predictions…. Travel brochuresInformation books from lesson 1Internethttp://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/subjects/geography/coasts/index.html
3 To develop skills of enquiry.To use time – related vocabulary.To use photographs as a source of evidence about the past. TI: Share the book: http://tlfe.org.uk/clicker/flashhistoryks1/seaside.swf ‘Seaside Holidays - Now and Then’ – The book describes holidays from Victorian times and today. Make a list of differences between the past and today, noting any new vocabulary.Activities:· Numeracy: sorting activity – sort photographs in to categories ‘holidays from the past’, ‘holidays today’.· Literacy: Write captions and labels to go with a range of photographs / pictures.· ICT: Using pictures on Textease children create an information page.Plenary What have we learnt about seaside holidays from the past. Present our findings on Digital Blue. Photographs / pictureshttp://tlfe.org.uk/clicker/flashhistoryks1/seaside.swf IWBPaper, glueTextease
4 To talk about a typical Victorian seaside holiday.To use time related vocabulary. TI: Remind the children of their findings from lesson 3, by presenting the facts using the digital blue presentation recorded in the plenary.Present the children with a range of photographs / pictures of holidays from the past.Ask the children to talk in small groups / partners about a Victorian holiday, what it was like and what they would do.Explain we are going to make and send a postcard to partner class, pretending it is from a Victorian child so the partner class knows what it was like to be on holiday in Victorian times.Use ‘Push the Pencil’ to begin writing a Victorian postcard.Activity: Children to write their own Victorian postcard (Photographs, information pages from lesson 3…. To act as stimulate in classroom). Plenary: Send cards to opposite classes. Consolidate learning so far. IWB / Digital BlueWork from lesson 3Postcard template
5 To talk about a typical Victorian seaside holiday.To use time related vocabulary.To talk about the similarities and differences of holidays today and holidays in the past. TI: Look at the postcards from partner class. What were holidays like in the past? What are holidays like today? Model Activities.Acitivities:Art: Paint / Draw a seaside holiday picture from the past – write a caption to go with it.ICT: Use dazzle to create a seaside holiday from the past.Literacy: Look at past and present pictures of holidays, sort and write about the similarities and differences.Plenary: complete the topic assessment sheet, consolidating what has been learnt and what skills have been used during the history topic. Paint or other drawing equipment.DazzlePictures of holidaysColoured paper