Adapting Plans to Suit Needs and Aspirations of Teachers and Pupils

Theme / Unit:History: Britain Since 1948

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1. What do you want them to know / achieve?factual knowledge & understanding of aspects of British life since 1948; identify changes within and across the period; give reasons for the changes they have identified; select and combine information from more than one source of information; make links between the changes and the causes of the changes, and describe in some detail; use sources critically within the enquiry to reach and support their conclusions about changes; develop skills in note taking

2. What do they want to know / achieve?what happened after the war; how and why the war ended; how our parents used to live; music and fashiondevelop research skills – particularly ICT

3. What is your current interest in / knowledge of this area? How can you make use of this and of your other interests / talents?

political / human nature interest – use to develop understanding of changes and reasonsmusic – use of personal record collectionpersonal history – share experiences, pictures, artifactsneed to develop time-line of events: personal research – visit library / Internet search

4. What is your pupils’ current interest in / knowledge of this area? How can you make use of this and of their other interests / talents?

recent, personal history – own lives, lives of parents etc.using different sources of info – ICT, reading, discussionpersonal choice via project: focus on art / music / fashion / sport / technology etc.

5. Are there any possible cross-curricular links?Citizenship (U5 and U7): human rights, equalityMusic (U19) songwriting; history of pop music

6. Are there any opportunities for projects / visits / exhibitions etc?Parent / grandparent interviews; end of unit project based on decade of personal choiceclass museum and timeline of artefacts gathered from home