12 Lesson Unit
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In this unit, children are introduced to the idea that people from other societies have been coming to Britain for a long time. Children find out how Viking influence spread through different parts of the world and how, over a
period of years, the Vikings eventually settled in Britain.
Children will develop their understanding of chronology, describe and identify reasons for and results of historical events, situation and changes. As well as consider different ways in which the past can be interpreted.
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Contents
Introduction
Medium-Term Plan
Preparatory information
Lesson 1 On the move
Lesson 2 Invaders and settlers
Lesson 3 Where did they come from and where did they go?
Lesson 4 Longships
Lesson 5 When did the Vikings arrive?
Lesson 6 The riches of the monasteries
Lesson 7 Illuminated letters and runes
Lesson 8 Viking artefacts
Lesson 9 Everyday Viking life
Lesson 10 Viking visit
Lesson 11 King Alfred and the Danelaw
Lesson 12 Presenting the everyday life of Vikings in Britain
Picture Prompt Sheets
Lesson 1: This activity should be used to focus on considering and analysing evidence, rather than planning an investigation. However, it can also be used before the children carry out an investigation of their own to provide them with a good structure for setting up their own tests
Lesson 1: Learning objectives
Children should learn:
• that plants need water but not unlimited water, for
healthy growth
• to use results to draw conclusions
Lesson 1: Learning outcomes
Children will be able to:
• state that plants need water to grow but too much
or too little water may kill them
• describe differences in the way the plants grew
Lesson 2: This activity is intended to support children in their understanding of how simple investigations are planned. Begin the lesson by asking the children to recall any investigations that they have done and the stages of planning that they went through.
Lesson 2: Learning objectives
Children should learn:
• to suggest how a fair test could be carried out
• that in experiments with living things, using just
one plant in each set of conditions does not give
sufficient evidence
Lesson 2: Learning outcomes
Children will be able to:
• recognise the correct order in which to undertake
a simple investigation
• describe factors that contribute to the test
being fair
• suggest why one sample may not be adequate in
each set of conditions
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The purpose of this topic is to teach and ensure that children can respond to the question ¿Dónde vives? Children should also be able to ask others the same question and to understand the response.
Learning objectives
Children learn:
to say where they live
to ask others where they live
Learning outcomes
Children learn:
to use a set phrase to respond to the question,
for example Vivo en Lincoln
to substitute items in the model phrase to vary
the statement
to take part in a brief prepared task using visual
clues to help them initiate and respond
to show understanding of short wordprocessed
dialogue, made up of familiar language
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In this section, the children will learn the nouns for members of a family and how to say the date. They will also learn how to describe using colours, to express preferences and to look carefully at some Spanish words for their sound and spelling.
**Topic titles
My family**
The purpose of this topic is for children to identify members of their family, to respond to questions and to write short phrases correctly with support.
**2. Today’s date **
The purpose of this topic is for children to ask and respond correctly to the question ¿Qué día es hoy? It is also to understand and use the numbers 22–31.
3. Colours **
The purpose of this topic is for children to learn vocabulary to describe the colour of items.
** 4. Sounds and spellings
The purpose of this topic is to consolidate and apply the phonetic skills the children have learnt in this
and in other sections by looking specifically at the sounds and spellings of words
Includes:
Medium Term Plans, Lesson Plans and Activity Sheets
Topic 1 and 2 available on TES or on our website.
Ancient Greek theatre.
The purpose of
this lesson is: to investigate the ancient Greek theatre.
Children should learn:
• to deduce information about an aspect of the Greek
way of life from pictures of buildings and texts;
• to combine information from several sources;
• about the role of the theatre in the way of life of the
Greeks;
• to structure work in the form of a play.
Class objective:
• to investigate ancient Greek theatre and what
happened there.
Children should be able to:
• recognize the main features of a Greek theatre;
• understand the religious connections between
theatre and religious festivals;
• find out the sorts of plays the Greeks liked and who
wrote them;
• contribute to the preparation and performance of a
play that demonstrates the key features of Greek
drama.
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The purpose of
this lesson is: to find out about Viking longships.
Children should learn:
• to use a range of sources to find out about Viking
longships;
• to make inferences about the Viking way of life.
Class objective:
• to find out about Viking longships
Children should be able to:
• use sources to discover what Viking longships
looked like;
• suggest what can be learned about the Vikings
from their boats
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The purpose of this lesson is:
to develop a clear understanding of where the Vikings came from
and where they settled.
Children should learn:
• about the Viking homelands;
• the places that the Vikings visited;
• where the Vikings settled when they came to Britain.
Class objective:
• to find out where the Vikings came from and where
they settled
Children should be able to:
• locate the Viking homelands on a map;
• locate countries in the world that the Vikings
visited;
• identify Viking settlements on a modern map.
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What can we find out about ancient Egypt from what has survived?
In this unit children find out about the way of life of people living in ancient Egypt from archaeological
discoveries. Children will develop their understanding of characteristic features of a society; identify the different ways the past is represented and use sources of information to make simple observations, inferences and deductions.
Includes:
Introduction
Medium-Term Plan
Preparatory information
Websites on ancient Egypt
Lesson 1 Ancient Egypt – what do we know?
Lesson 2 Egyptian artefact
Lesson 3 The gift of the Nile
Lesson 4 Looking at ancient Egyptian artefacts
Lesson 5 Life in ancient Egypt
Lesson 6 Writing and numbers
Lesson 7 Ancient Egyptian beliefs about life after death
Lesson 8 Creating an Egyptian burial chamber
Lesson 9 Egyptian visit
Lesson 10 Ancient Egyptian display
Picture Prompt sheets
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In this unit children find out about the way people lived in the ancient Greek empire. They use a range of archaeological and written sources, select and record information and interpret the past in different ways. It is helpful if the children have: learnt about the way of life of people from different cultures who lived in the distant past; considered some of the attitudes and values of people living in the distant past, their motives and the results of their actions; used artefacts and pictures as sources of information.
Includes:
Contents
Introduction
Medium-term plan
Preparatory information
Useful websites about the Greeks
Lesson 1 Greece today
Lesson 2 Ancient Greek city states
Lesson 3 Athens and Sparta
Lesson 4 Triremes and hoplites
Lesson 5 The battle of Marathon
Lesson 6 Who did the ancient Greeks worship?
Lesson 7 Theseus and the Minotaur
Lesson 8 Ancient Greek theatre
Lesson 9 The play’s the thing
Lesson 10 The modern Olympic Games
Lesson 11 The ancient Olympic Games
Lesson 12 What we know about the ancient Greeks
Picture Prompt sheets
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The purpose of this lesson is: to discover why the landscape was crucial in the life of the ancient Egyptians
Children should learn:
• to make deductions about life in the past from
pictures of the landscape;
• how much of the life of Egypt depended on the
Nile.
Class objective:
• to discover the importance of the River Nile in
ancient Egypt.
Children should be able to:
• extract information about the landscape from
pictures;
• provide answers that show the relationship
between the geography of Egypt and the way of
life in the past.
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The purpose of this lesson is: to discover why the landscape was crucial in the life of the ancient Egyptians
Children should learn:
• to make deductions about life in the past from
pictures of the landscape;
• how much of the life of Egypt depended on the
Nile.
Class objective:
• to discover the importance of the River Nile in
ancient Egypt.
Children should be able to:
• extract information about the landscape from
pictures;
• provide answers that show the relationship
between the geography of Egypt and the way of
life in the past
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The purpose of this lesson is:to research and present information on the similarities and differences between Athens and Sparta.
Children should learn:
• what is meant by ‘democracy’ (government by
leaders elected by the people);
• some of the ideas of people living in Athens and
Sparta.
Class objective:
• to find out about the similarities and differences
between Athens and Sparta.
Learning objectives Learning outcomes
Children should be able to:
• know that Athens and Sparta were city states and
governed themselves;
• distinguish between the beliefs of the Athenians
and Spartans and know some reasons why they
held those beliefs
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The purpose of this lesson is: to learn about the story of Theseus.
Children should learn:
• about one Greek myth in detail;
• to answer questions showing understanding of
myths and legends.
Class objective:
• to learn about the myth of Theseus and the
Minotaur.
Children should be able to:
• understand the nature of a myth;
• recount the story of Theseus and the Minotaur.
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The purpose of this lesson is: to consider a map of ancient Greece and to investigate city states and the way they were governed.
Children should learn:
• about the geography of ancient Greece;
• that ancient Greece consisted of city states;
• that different city states were governed in different
ways.
Class objective:
• to discover how ancient Greece was organized.
Children should be able to:
• recognize that ancient Greece was organized into
city states;
• know that Athens and Sparta were city states;
• understand that there are different models of
government.
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About this unit:
This unit explores ways in which different people mark special occasions in the life of their families and communities, particularly:
• birthdays
• harvest
• Bonfire Night
• Guru Nanak’s birthday
• Hanukkah
• the Nativity.
The unit looks at what these events mean to people of faith, and to people in the class. It allows people to share ideas and examine how traditions are formed.
There is a brief look at Sikhism and Judaism, with a Christian and secular look at other significant dates in the calendar.
This should be a joyful unit full of real experiences, so, plenty of food, music and fun!
Lesson length: Each lesson is designed to take one
hour. If a visit is arranged for Lesson 4, this will
take longer
Lesson Bonfire night
Learning objective
• To know about a common celebration that was
originally linked with religion
Success criteria
• To understand that this celebration has lost its
original meaning, but can still be meaningful
today
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About this unit
This unit looks at what it means to belong to
something, whether it be a community, class, club,
country, team, family, circle of friends and so on,
and the need to show that belonging through joint
activities or lifestyle, dress or behaviour.
The unit explores belonging to:
• a family
• a school
• other groups
• the local community
• our country
• the world.
People of particular life stances or groups will
be valuable in sharing their experiences and
showing any clothing and artefacts that signal their
belonging and pride in that. Where opportunities
arise for adding this feature to the lessons, make
the most of them!
Lesson length: Each lesson is designed to take one
hour. (Lesson 3 will take longer if the group works
outside to gather photographs.)
Expectations
At the end of this unit most children will:
• understand the importance people attach to
belonging to a group, and be able to name a
religious and secular group.
Some children will have made less progress and will:
• be able to talk about the groups they belong to.
Some children will have progressed further and will:
• be able to explain why people belong to religious
groups, naming some
Learning objectives
• To show some control and coordination when
using small equipment.
Early learning goals
ELG 01, ELG 02, ELG 04, ELG 05, ELG 06, ELG 12,
ELG 14, ELG 16, ELG 17
45-60 minute lesson
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Lesson 3 Invaders
Learning objectives
Children should learn:
• to consolidate and improve the quality of their
throwing and catching techniques and their
ability to link movements;
• to use these skills in game situations;
• to improve their ability to choose and use
simple tactics;
• to know and describe short term effects of
exercise on the body;
• to use what they have learned to improve their
work.
Lesson 35-40 minutes
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