Introduction

At Eastfield we aim for our children to develop passion and curiosity for finding out about the past. We use Collins Connected History scheme to ensure children receive a structured but ambitious curriculum. Vocabulary and talk play a central role within history teaching and learning so our pupils' can talk like historians.

Introduction

In this unit children began to explore history and chronology. Children were exposed to the idea of the past by thinking about their parents' and teachers' childhood in comparison to their own. 

By the end of the unit, they learnt:

• To describe our families and identify simple similarities and differences between our own and other’s families.

• To understand time is linear and events occur at different stages of life.

• To use a timeline to organise events in chronological order.

• To observe and use different types of sources to tell us about the past.

•  To identify the similarities and differences between our own experiences and that of our ‘parents’ generation.

• To find out about the past by recording questions and then find the answer with support

Keywords we used: 

chronological, past, present, modern, ancient, old, timeline, historical, sources, artefacts    

Introduction

Within this unit children were understanding how and why toys and games have changed since the 1960s and the significance of an invention of the World Wide Web in 1989.

By the end of the unit, they learnt:

• Identify and describe some of the ways in which historians divide up time such as bc and ad and decades and suggest reasons for doing this;

• Compare, contrast and sequence historical events to create a simple timeline of British history and a personal timeline of their life to date;

• Identify through observation and discussion some of the most memorable events of the 1960s and suggest reasons for their significance;

• Identify and describe some of the most popular toys and games of the 1960s;

• Compare and contrast toys and games of the 1960s with those of today, identifying and describing similarities (continuity) and differences they observe (change);

• Describe and explain the cause of the major change to toys and games since the 1960s;

• Describe what Tim Berners-Lee invented in 1989 and suggest reasons to explain how this has affected toys, games and other aspects of life since then;

• Recognise, describe and explain how they can use Wi-Fi-enabled toys and games safely and securely;

• Describe, collate and compare and contrast the memories of adults who lived in the 1960s by gathering primary evidence from interviews (oral histories).

Keywords we used: 

chronological decade century millennium timeline World Wide Web (WWW)   smart toys