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A Year 5 history lesson (could also be split into two lessons) on The Space Race including the confilicts and achievements of it as well as resources to create a timeline of the Space Race.

This lesson includes;
-All resources including photos and information to create a timeline
-All resources needed to sort the achievements into American or Soviet Union achievements
-A fully resourced powerpoint with examples of work, key vocabulary, a definition for history, the historical themes covered and links to a radio clip and video clips.

The lesson starts with a discussion on the definition and purpose of history as well as the historical themes and key vocabulary that will be covered during the lesson.

Within the powerpoint, children are introduced to the space race as well as some geographical work to identify where the countries involved are on a map. It includes a link to a radio clip explaining the space race with an additional video clip.

The lesson involves multiple activities (which could be split into multiple lessons) first looking at sources to sort the schievements of the Americans vs The Soviet Union.

The final activity is to create a timeline by matching the key information with pictures and ordering them in their books. An example is provided .

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Space Race Year 5 KS2 History and geography unit

A series of 4 (could be 5 if the first lesson is split into two sessions) covering the Space Race. This covers history and geography elements. All resources and PowerPoints included. Lesson 1 - Children learn about the Space Race, why it started and the achievements of both the USA and Soviet Union. They will decide what the main conflicts are and then use sources to sort the information. The next part is to match the key information to the photographs and create a timeline of the Space Race. *This lesson can be delivered over two sessions Lesson 2 - Geography focus lesson looking at land use of rocket launch sites around the world. They will study aerial photographs to compare and contrast rocket launch sites around the world. Links to latitude and longitude too. Additional activity to give the children aerial photographs of your school buildings and ground for them to decide where the safest place would be to launch a rocket and explain why. Lesson 3 - Geography focus lesson comparing the human and physical features of Moscow and Washington DC. Children will use climate graphs, topographic maps and other resources to compare the two places before writing a comparison paragraph with their findings. Lesson 4 - The final lesson is to look at two British astronauts and what they have contributed to space exploration. They will be given time to research each astronaut to understand their achievements. Finally, children will learn about the future of space exploration and using sources, understand the pros and cons of space exploration as well as forming their own opinion on the matter.

£5.00

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