In this engaging and purposeful lesson, children develop an introductory understanding of what explorers are and how exploring has changed over time. In particular, they:
-Define what an explorer is and consider the skills explorers need;
-Identify some important explorations from the past;
-Understand the factors that have helped to develop exploration.
The learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through the following step-by-step journey:
-Knowledge recall of basic history skills and key terms;
-Defining what explorers are and considering the key skills and qualities that they need;
-Understanding base information about how the earliest humans explored to become natives of different areas around the world;
-Considering how exploration was limited before the 1400s;
-Considering the technological and societal changes that made wider exploration possible;
-Imagining that they were an explorer from this time, and contemplating the different expeditions that they would like to undertake;
-Self-reflecting on the extent to which they feel they have met the learning objective.
Included is the comprehensive PowerPoint presentation (17 slides), which contains all of the information needed to teach the lesson. Also included is the worksheet for the development task - in both Word and PDF format.
In the past, I have used this lesson with children in lower KS2 (years 3 and 4) - the key learning is aligned with curriculum expectations for history. All images are licensed for commercial use.
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Significant Explorers - Lesson Bundle! (KS2 Unit)
This engaging and purposeful series of lessons helps to equip children with a secure understanding of different explorers from across history. Each of the lessons are extremely comprehensive (I initially taught them over two lessons each) and are guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation. The lessons included are: 1. Introduction to Explorers 2. Christopher Columbus 3. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay 4. Amelia Earhart 5. Neil Armstrong 6. Comparing Explorers Throughout the series of lessons, children gain an understanding of how context, technology and attitudes have changed the role of explorers over time. Knowledge recall activities, think pair share, and a blend of group and independent activities are features of the unit. All of the worksheets, activities and templates needed to teach the lessons are provided. In the past, I have used these resources with children in lower KS2 (higher attaining years 3 and 4) but they could easily be used with upper KS2 - the key learning is aligned with curriculum expectations for KS2 history. All images are licensed for commercial use.
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