Homes in the Past KS1
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What You Get
What You Get
This pack includes a complete set of ready-to-teach lessons that together form a coherent scheme of work, written and created by experienced primary teachers.
Each of the lessons within the pack contains:
- An easy-to-follow lesson plan (including plenary and assessment questions)
- An engaging slideshow for the teaching input
- A main activity with three-way differentiation to support adaptive teaching
- An alternative activity for flexibility and choice
- An overview (medium-term plan) showing the scheme contents at a glance
- An assessment grid to track learning and progress
Curriculum Coverage
Curriculum Coverage
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Everything you need to teach this scheme
Fully planned lessons, each with:
Lesson plans
Easy-to-follow teaching guidance, plenaries and assessment questions
Teaching slides
Ready-to-use whole-class teaching presentations
Differentiated activities
Three levels of differentiation to support adaptive teaching
Alternative activities
Extra activity options for greater flexibility
Assessment
Assessment questions and a scheme assessment grid
Planning & reference
Medium-term overview and Knowledge Organiser
Explore Homes in the Past with KS1 History Lessons
Explore how houses and homes have changed over time with this ready-to-teach Homes in the Past KS1 History scheme of work. Across six engaging lessons, children investigate homes from different periods of British history and compare them with the houses and homes we live in today.
Children will explore how the materials, features and contents of homes have changed, looking at evidence from the past to find out what everyday life was like for people living in different periods. They will develop their understanding of chronology and change within living memory and beyond, while building important historical enquiry skills.
Perfect for a houses and homes KS1 topic, this complete scheme provides everything you need to explore homes past and present with your Year 1 or Year 2 class.
What children will learn
Children will have opportunities to:
- identify and describe features of homes from the past
- compare houses and homes from different periods
- explore similarities and differences between homes past and present
- investigate how homes have changed over time
- use historical sources and evidence to find out about life in the past
- develop their understanding of chronology, continuity and change
Lesson sequence
Scheme at a glance
See how learning progresses across the scheme.
Lesson 2: Homes Within Living Memory
Lesson 3: Using Sources to Compare Homes from Different Decades
Lesson 4: Asking Questions about Homes in the Past
Lesson 5: The Impact of Technology in Homes
Lesson 6: Beyond Living Memory - Victorian Homes
Knowledge Organiser: Homes in the Past
Preview the Complete Scheme
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