KS1 History Planning for Going to the Seaside topic
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Teaching Going to the Seaside and castles at KS1
The skill in planning a topic on the Seaside is not to make it too static by simply comparing ‘then’ and ‘now’. Building in still imaging of activities on an Edwardian beach, a quick burst of ‘I do like to be beside the seaside’ or writing an authentic postcard home, can enliven the topic, which works really well in Year 1 term 3. For those of you wanting to teach this in summer of Year 2 a word of warning. Try to go beyond the simple similarity and difference to look at the concept of change through time. By looking at the 1960s as well as today and 1900, children will be able to talk about three periods of time. You will see that there is a full medium-term planner for this topic and 6 fully-resourced outstanding enquiry lessons. ON top of that you might want to set up a seaside museum. An example of how this could be done most effectively will be posted shortly.
Castles is a great topic. Not only does it make the Homes topic really come alive, but it also helps low attaining pupils to grasp what really old means. The contrasts with the present are so clear-cut that all can get involved. And they love it! Build in a visit and the whole topic takes off!
Planning for a cross-curricular topic on Going to the Seaside
This advice with associated downloadable resource below is for KS1 teachers planning a cross-curricular topic and focuses on how to integrate history, geography, literacy and ICT.
Start the topic with a brief discussion with the children about where they are going on their summer...
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Going to the seaside – KQ1 – What was going to the seaside like 100 years ago? Writing a quality postcard home, avoiding the martini syndrome?
If you have ever asked children in Y1/2 to write a postcard home as if it were from Victorian times you'll know the problem. After hours of your time teaching the topic and creating the beautifully authentic postcards, all you get in return is:...
Going to the seaside – KQ2 – What did people do at the seaside 100 years ago?
From mime to movie. SMART TASK
This fun activity is carried out by children working on tables of six. Half the class work on one image, the other half on another interesting image. Each table is given an A4 colour picture either A or B. For...Going to the seaside – KQ3 – How do we know what holidays were like 100 years ago?
Designing an authentic Edwardian Seaside Poster
This KS1 history lesson uses the Mantle of the Expert approach to place pupils in role as historical advisers to a film producer. Their job is to create an historically accurate poster which will trail the new film set...Going to the seaside – KQ4 – Do we go on seaside holidays for the same reason people went 100 years ago?
Children discuss the reasons they might have for going on a seaside holiday NOW and then think of the different reasons why people might have gone 100 years ago. Slides 2 and 3 of the PowerPoint provide some clues. Slide 4 reinforces the key ideas,...
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Going to the seaside – KQ5a – How have seaside holidays changed over time?
Can you help Grandma sort these seaside holiday photos?
This smart task which forms the first half of this KQ5 enquiry takes a broader look at change in seaside holidays over the past 150 or so years which is then followed by a more detailed look...Going to the seaside – KQ5b – How have seaside holidays changed? What our grandparents tell us
This lesson finds children producing a questionnaire, collecting data from grandparents, feeding data into a database and then drawing conclusions. When they then compare their findings with those of another parallel class they become aware that not all people's experiences were the same. How...
Can we help our American millionaire to make his castle come alive? SMART TASK
This activity uses the idea of the Mantle of the Expert to engage children in a serious, real-life task. A very wealthy American has just bought a ruined English castle. He wants to bring it back to how it was 700, yes 700 years ago! ...
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Spying on your rival lord’s latest new castle
This is a really fun way of helping children to look closely at the detail of a medieval castle. They are cast in the role of spies for their local lord ( Earl Fuddy Fuddy), who has an old-fashioned castle. He has heard that his...
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Seaside Holidays Keystage 1
This topic lends itself well to engaging grandparents in particular, in reminiscing about their childhood holidays. Because children can ask questions of adults they can collect vital information which can then be stored electronically using the simplest of databases. Results from different classes can then be...
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