Homes in the Past - Knowledge Organiser: Homes in the Past

Each lesson within this scheme of work comes with a detailed plan, an engaging and informative set of PDF slides for the teaching input, a range of activity ideas and printable resources.

This scheme of work is also part of a Topic Bundle. Perfect if you are teaching 'Houses and Homes' as a cross-curricular topic.

In this first lesson, children will explore and describe some different types of homes. They will look at common features, and think about why there are so many different types.

In their independent work, children complete matching activities with picture cards, and are encouraged to start thinking about which homes look the oldest and which look the newest, and why. The alternative activity for this lesson involves taking children on a local area walk, identifying and discussing the homes they see, and answering given questions.

This Types of Homes KS1 lesson pack includes an easy-to-follow plan, a set of engaging PDF slides for the teaching input, as well as printable resources.

In this lesson, children will first discuss the difference between ‘within living memory’ and ‘beyond living memory’, using timelines as a visual aid.

As a class they will then explore some of the ways in which the building of homes has changed, and why, from the 1940s to the present day. In their independent activities, children match up pictures to the correct decade using given clues. Alternatively, they are challenged to compare different houses and reason which one is newer or older, and why.

This Homes Within Living Memory pack has everything you need for a successful KS1 History lesson - a detailed plan, an engaging PDF slide show and a range of printable resources.

In this lesson, children will first discuss what a source is, and what type of sources could help us to find out about homes within living memory.

During the teaching input, your class will use photographs to compare living rooms and kitchens from the 1940s, 1960s, 1980s, 2000s and 2020s (present day). In their independent activities, they will use what they have learnt about the main features of interiors during different time periods to match photographs to the correct decade, and identify similarities and differences between them.

An easy-to-follow plan, a set of PDF slides for the teaching input, and a range of printables are all included within this ready-to-teach KS1 Homes History lesson pack.

After recapping on how they used photographs as sources in the previous lesson, children will find out what a testimony is.

Together, they will compile a list of questions that they could ask their parents/grandparents/other appropriate adults about their childhood home. This could be achieved through visits to the classroom, or by sending surveys home. After sharing and discussing their findings, children are encouraged to compare the advantages and disadvantages of photographs and testimonials as sources.

This ready-to-teach KS1 History lesson pack includes an easy-to-follow plan, a set of engaging PDF slides for the teaching input, as well as printable resources.

In this lesson, children will look at technology in the home, and how it has changed the way we live in, and use, our homes.

Your class will explore technology from different decades, and discuss how each invention has impacted our lives. In their independent activities, children will arrange pictures of technology on a timeline according to when they think each one first started appearing in most homes. In the alternative activity, children work in groups and discuss how certain examples of technology have impacted on our everyday lives, pondering questions such as: which invention could they not live without, and why? Which invention has been the most important for the home, and why? Which room in the home has the most technology, and why?

This pack includes everything you need for a successful KS1 History lesson - a detailed plan, an engaging PDF slide show and a range of printable resources.

In this final lesson, children will look at what homes were like beyond living memory, focusing on the Victorian era.

After placing this era on a timeline, children will learn about the main features of a Victorian home, and how the inhabitants lived in them. Children then discuss and sort true and false statements, or, in the alternative activity, use their enquiry skills to explore some mystery objects.

This Victorian Homes KS1 lesson pack includes an easy-to-follow plan, a set of engaging PDF slides for the teaching input, as well as printable resources.

This Year 1/2 History Knowledge Organiser has been created to complement our History Within Living Memory strand. It is designed to support your children’s understanding of key vocabulary linked to this scheme of work. Enquiry questions have been included to encourage your children to think deeply about this topic.