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ICT Opportunities and Resources
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- Ask the children to find specific information about
Celtic or Roman life. Use CD-ROM's or the Internet
to find the information the MAPE site has a history
treasure trail this could be a good starting point.
http://www.mape.org.uk/kids/index.htm
- Ask the children to produce an information sheet
on aspect of Roman life. Use a WP program, which allows
them to combine text and graphics, images can come
from, CD-ROM's, the Internet. (GOOGLE image search
is a good way of finding images)
- Use a newspaper
template to create the front page of a Roman or
Celtic Newspaper taking a main event from the topic
e.g. Boudicca's revolt.
This can be linked to ICT Scheme of Work: Unit
3A Combining text and graphics
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Unit 6A: Why have people invaded
and settled in Britain in the past? A Roman case study
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- Ask the children to focus on different aspects of
the Anglo Saxon life. Develop key questions they need
to find answers to. Use the Internet to search for
the information required.
- Ask the children to present the information found
using a DTP package combining images and text.
This can be linked to ICT Scheme of Work: Unit
3A Combining text and graphics
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Unit 6B: Why have people invaded
and settled in Britain in the past? An Anglo-Saxon case
study
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- Ask the children to focus on different aspects of
the Vikings. Develop key questions they need to find
answers to. Use the Internet to search for the information
required.
- Ask the children to present the information found
using a DTP package combining images and text.
This can be linked to ICT Scheme of Work: Unit
3A Combining text and graphics
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Unit 6C: Why have people invaded
and settled in Britain in the past? A Viking case study
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Internet Resources:
Educate the Children lesson plans and resources: http://www.educate.org.uk/teacher_zone/classroom/history/unit6c.htm
BBC Site The Vikings: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/vikings/
From beliefs to invasions, find out what really happened
in Viking history.
Digital Brain: excellent resources activities and
information http://www.digitalbrain.com/digitalbrain/web/subjects/1.%20primary/ks2his/su1/mod4/?verb=view
Snaith Primary School, a delightful child friendly
resource:
http://home.freeuk.com/elloughton13/vcontent.htm
Northumberland Grid also have a child friendly
site: http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/history/vikings/index.html
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- Use Internet to find portraits of Henry VIII and
his wives. The
National Portrait Gallery is a good stating point.
Copy and paste the images into a DTP or Word-processing
package. Use it to write a description of one of the
portraits.
- Produce a information sheet about one of the wives.
Use images and text from the Internet and CD ROM bringing
together the key points of this unit.
- Write a newspaper
report, imagining they are reporting about the
end of one of Henrys Marriages.
ICT Scheme of Work: Unit 4A Writing for different
audiences
- Create a Database of Henry's wives.
ICT Scheme of Work: Unit 3C Introduction to Databases
Click here to see an example Tudor
database
- Interview Henry
the VIII, this web site allows you to write questions
to Henry, there is also a work sheet with suggested
questions.
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Unit 7: Why did Henry VIII marry
six times?
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- Use one of the web sites to find out about find
out about the lives of rich and poor people in Tudor
times. Ask the children to collate the information
into a prepared table or spreadsheet. See
example
Create a presentation or infarction sheet to summarise
what they have learnt about the rich and poor in Tudor
times. Unit 4A Writing for different audiences
- Inventories provide a valuable primary source material
rich in historical evidence. Children can be encouraged
to make some deductions about the lives of the people
who lived in Tudor times from the nature of their
belongings, particularly if comparisons can be drawn
with the sorts of possessions from less wealthy houses.
Examples can be found on the MAPE site. They
are written in Old English but a glossary helps to
translate. http://www.mape.org.uk/kids/unton/inventories.htm
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Unit 8: What were the differences
between the lives of rich and poor people in Tudor times?
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- Explore the BBC web site to find out what life was
like for children growing up during the Second World
War. Tour a wartime home, try the Rationing Challenge
or read evacuees Letters.
- Time Witness http://timewitnesses.org/
provides you with Primary resources of memories of
the 1940s- notes from their grandparents on life from
50 years ago. Share some of the memories with the
children or try a recap from Granny's kitchen.
- Use the Holnet web site to find answers to a prepared
question sheet. The Second World War section has a
number of prepared activities, all downloadable from
: http://www.holnet.org.uk/teacherszone/index.html
- ICT Scheme of Work: Unit 5B Analysing data and
asking questions using complex searches
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Unit 9: What was it like for
children in the Second World War?
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- Use the British
Museum Site to find out about life in Ancient
Egypt. Copy and paste the images to create an information
sheet poor multimedia presentation about a chosen
topic.
- Use the story about a Nobleman and a Farmer to compare
lifestyles. Complete a table comparing the differences
in their lifestyle. They could also down load images
to present with their work http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/story/main.html
- Find out about the landscape and climate of Ancient
Egypt at http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/egypt.htm
use the information to write a description for a holiday
brochure or a review.
ICT Scheme of Work: Unit 4A Writing for different
audiences
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Unit 10: What can we find out
about ancient Egypt from what has survived?
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- Visit Snaith Primary School to find out about education
for the poor, Ragged schools This links to sites that
gives information about the pupils in a school. The
children could collate the information into a database.
- Ask the children to visit the BBC
site to experience life as a Victorian child.
- From the Teachers section of Cadbury
Learning Zone Download the work sheet and database
file for the Victorian census of the town of Bournville.(Black
Cat Information workshop or First workshop) Use it
to investigate families, occupations and names, compare
the data with data collected about the class.
ICT Schemes of work Unit 5B Analysing data and
asking questions using complex searches
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Unit 11: What was it like for
children living in Victorian Britain?
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Unit 12: How did life change
in our locality in Victorian times?
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Internet Resources: See Unit 11
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- In groups carry out an enquiry in to an topic area
e.g. Fashion through the decades.
Use Internet resources to find images and information
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Create a multimedia presentation about a decade or
a theme they can use images and information or sounds
from that era.
Unit 5B Analysing data and asking questions using
complex searches : Unit 6A Multimedia presentation
- Set up e-mail links with people old enough to talk
about changes in Britain since 1948. Pose questions
to these people via e-mail to assist with their enquiry.
Scheme of Work: Unit 3B E-mail.
Or use A tape recorder or video to record interviews
with invited guests.
- Conduct a survey with people old enough to talk
about changes in Britain since 1948 find out about
changes over the decades, music, fashion, houses,
cars, appliances etc. Use the survey to find out
when consumer items were commonly introduced into
the home.
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Unit 13: How has life in Britain
changed since 1948?
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Internet Resources
Digital Brain: excellent resources activities and
information: Britain Since 1930 - Changes in Technology
and Transport.
http://www.digitalbrain.com/digitalbrain/web/subjects/1.%20primary/ks2his/su3/mod3/?verb=view
see also
Lives of People at Different Levels in Society http://www.digitalbrain.com/digitalbrain/web/subjects/1.%20primary/ks2his/su3/mod5/?verb=view
tracks changes in home life, leisure, employment, and
people and events.
Focus on changes in cars since 1930: http://www.eadt.co.uk/eduzone/Cars/home.asp
Fashion Through the decades: http://drake.marin.k12.ca.us/students/gallaghj/fashion/fads.html
Information about 1950s: http://www.circa1950.co.uk/site/features/default.asp
Grid Club: Find out about changes since the 1930's
Air travel, New homes, Popular music, Decimal currency,
Domestic appliances, Margaret Thatcher, Space exploration,
Package holiday, Immigration etc. http://www.gridclub.com/have_a_go/history/timetunnel/period/bri/environ/brienv/brienv.shtml
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- Ask the children to find out about different Greek
gods and enter the information into a database. Window
Box Online Have some you can download.
- Use a variety of sources including CD-ROM's and
the Internet to find out about the Olympic Games.
Present their findings as an information sheet or
a multimedia presenation using text and images found
on CD ROM's or the Internet. ICT Scheme of Work:
Unit 4A Writing for different audiences ICT Scheme
of Work: Unit 5B Analysing data and asking questions
using complex searches
- Using a graphics package to create illustrations
in the style of paintings on Greek pottery.
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Unit 14: Who were the ancient
Greeks?
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- Ask the children to find as many words that are
Greek in origin and produce a spreadsheet of their
findings.
- Using a variety of sources including CD-ROM and
the Internet, find out about ancient Greek scholars
and match them to their contributions to knowledge.
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Unit 15: How do we use ancient
Greek ideas today?
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- Search CD-ROM and the Internet to find artefacts
from the Indus Valley civilisation.
- Create a multimedia presentation to summarise what
they have learnt about the Indus Valley civilisation.
ICT Scheme of Work: Unit 6A Multimedia presentation
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Unit 16: How can we find out
about the Indus Valley civilisation?
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- Take a tour around the local area or visit a local
old building, churches and graveyards are always a
good source of information. During the visit use digital
cameras to record the visit and particular places
of interest. After the visit use a variety of reference
materials including CD-ROM's and the Internet to find
out what it would have been like to live and work
in that building in the past. Produce an information
sheet on an aspect of the visit incorporating the
digital images.
- Use tape recorders to interview people in the local
area to find out about the changes in the district.
Collect images from the local area over a number of
years Scan images to create a digital record.
- Find information about you locality, use the Internet
to find local history societies or
- Collect information e.g. a mini census (link with
a geography topic) If you can get hold of an older
census compare some of the data to find out changes.
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Unit 18: What was it like to
live here in the past?
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- Search CD-ROM encyclopaedias and the Internet to
find the names and countries of origin of European
explorers who first sailed to countries first appearing
on maps dating from Tudor times.
- Using a variety of reference materials including
CD-ROM and the Internet, research one aspect of the
daily life of sailors in Tudor times.
- Visit the National Maritime Museum web site at http://www.nmm.ac.uk
and using the information about Drake, decide what
his reasons were for his voyage around the world.
ICT Scheme of Work: Unit 6D Using the Internet
to search large databases and to interpret information
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Unit 19:What were the effects
of Tudor exploration?
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- Ask the children to find out who were the key people
of the last century. In groups ask them to select
one. Use the Internet to find information and images
of key people in the last century e.g. John Lennon,
Margaret Thatcher, Albert Einstein, Neil Armstrong
- ICT Scheme of Work: Unit 6D Using the Internet
to search large databases and to interpret information
- In groups create a Multimedia presentation representing
their chosen persons life and achievements and showing
the impact he had on this period of history. Download
sound and images from the Internet to support their
work.
ICT Scheme of Work: Unit 6A Multimedia presentation
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Unit 20: What can we learn about
recent history from studying the life of a famous person?
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