Lesson 14: The year of the last census AGE RANGE KS2 TIME 1 hour CURRICULUM LINKS KS2 History

INTRODUCTION The last census in England and Wales took place on 27 March 2011. A lot of things happened that year! The royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton, the revolution in Egypt, which was part of the Arab Spring. There were also some exciting scientific discoveries and the release of the last Harry Potter film.

The resident population of England and Wales on 27 March 2011 was 56.1 million, a seven per cent (3.7 million) increase since 2001. There were 27.6 million men and 28.5 million women in the two countries. In 2011, four out of every five (81 per cent, 45.5 million) residents of England and Wales described themselves as being in good or very good health.

LESSON OVERVIEW The children will learn about the year 2011 by looking at the census data from that year and can add to this knowledge by researching events that occurred in 2011.

LEARNING INTENTIONS To use data to inform our knowledge of the past. To research events from the past.

KEY VOCABULARY Census, research, history

YOU WILL NEED • The teacher’s guide to using the Nomis website to find

2011 Census data related to your school’s local area. • Other information from the 2011 Census

(see Useful Links on page 7). • You may want to research events from 2011 to add

to those suggested in the lesson plan. You can download this lesson plan, accompanying PDF charts and the PowerPoint presentation slides from the Let’s Count! website, www.letscount.org.uk

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The year of the last census ACTIVITIES FOR KEY STAGE 2

KeyStage 2

CURRICULUM LINKS AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

History KS2

Understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, and use them to make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame historically-valid questions and create their own structured accounts, including written narratives and analyses.

1. Ask the children which month and year they were born in.You could collect this data in a chart and look for anypatterns. Were any children born in 2011? (You could usethe chart on page 3 or use the PowerPoint presentationslide via www.letscount.org.uk.)

2. Especially for years 4 and 5: Discuss the difference innumber and what might explain this. Discuss how manychildren were born in 2011 and how many in another year.

3. Share some key events from 2011 with the class. This mightinclude the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton,or the release of the last Harry Potter film. You might alsodecide to focus on scientific discoveries, such as scientistsproving that sharks are colour blind or the discovery of anew species of dolphin. Or you might look at facts aboutthe UK (who was Prime Minister, for example), popularevents, such as pop song number ones (please see thechart on page 4 – to save you time!) or world news.

4. Create a ‘true or false?’ fact file about 2011 for children toidentify the facts about 2011, drawn from census data andother research. You could also include facts from theprevious census year, 2001 and this year’s census, 2021.Children can attempt to sort the facts to determine if theyare about 2011 or another year. (Please see thedownloadable PDF Chart 3, Fact File, and the PowerPointpresentation slide.)

Provide the class with texts or weblinks so they canresearch the events in more detail. Please see the UsefulLinks on page 7 and the downloadable PowerPointpresentation slide.

5. Using what they have discovered, children can then workin small groups to create a poster, artwork or fact file torepresent the year. Why not include their birthday!

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The year of the last census: Chart 1

When were we born?

Name Year Month Day

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The year of the last census: Chart 2

2011 Number one songs

DATE TITLE ARTIST WKS AT NO.1

15/01/2011 What's My Name Rihanna Ft Drake 1 22/01/2011 Grenade Bruno Mars 2 05/02/2011 We R Who We R Kesha 1 12/02/2011 Price Tag Jessie J Ft Bob 2 26/02/2011 Someone Like You Adele 4 26/03/2011 Don't Hold Your Breath Nicole Scherzinger 1 02/04/2011 Someone Like You Adele 1 09/04/2011 On The Floor Jennifer Lopez Ft Pitbull 2 23/04/2011 Party Rock Anthem Lmfao/Lauren Bennett/Goonrock 4 21/05/2011 The Lazy Song Bruno Mars 1 28/05/2011 Give Me Everything Pitbull/ne-yo/afrojack/nayer 3 18/06/2011 Changed The Way You Kiss Me Example 2 02/07/2011 Don't Wanna Go Home Jason Derulo 2 16/07/2011 Louder Dj Fresh Ft Sian Evans 1 23/07/2011 Glad You Came Wanted 2 06/08/2011 She Makes Me Wanna Jls Ft Dev 1 13/08/2011 Swagger Jagger Cher Lloyd 1 20/08/2011 Promises Nero 1 27/08/2011 Don't Go Wretch 32 Ft Josh Kumra 1 03/09/2011 Heart Skips A Beat Olly Murs Ft Rizzle Kicks 1 10/09/2011 Stay Awake Example 1 17/09/2011 All About Tonight Pixie Lott 1 24/09/2011 What Makes You Beautiful One Direction 1 01/10/2011 No Regrets Dappy 1 08/10/2011 Loca People Sak Noel 1 15/10/2011 We Found Love Rihanna Ft Calvin Harris 3 05/11/2011 Read All About It Professor Green Ft Emeli Sande 2 19/11/2011 We Found Love Rihanna Ft Calvin Harris 3 10/12/2011 Wishing On A Star X Factor Finalists 2011 1 17/12/2011 Dance With Me Tonight Olly Murs 1 24/12/2011 Cannonball Little Mix 1 31/12/2011 Wherever You Are Military Wives/Gareth Malone 1

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The year of the last census: Chart 3A Fact File

This event happened in census year 2011

True False

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The year of the last census: Chart 3B: Fact File Children can cut out the facts and decide where to place them on the table.

They can then record the answers on Chart 3A.

✁ Kate Middleton and Prince William got

married

Martin Dougan joined

Newsround in 2011.

Nicola Adams became Olympic

champion.

Manchester United won the Premier

League

Beyonce and Jay Z got married

The Large Hadron

Collider set a new world

record

✁ 2011 Teacher’s answers

Kate Middleton and Prince William got married. TRUE. Manchester United won the Premier League. TRUE. Martin Dougan joined Newsround in 2011. FALSE. (The sport-loving presenter joined in 2013). The Large Hadron Collider set a new world record (for colliding two beams of more particlestogether than ever before). TRUE. Nicola Adams became Olympic champion in 2011. FALSE. (She won the Olympic women’s gold medal in boxing in 2012 and 2016). Beyonce and Jay Z got married. FALSE (They got married in 2008).

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The year of the last census: Useful Links

Nomis How to access 2011 and 2001 Census data at Nomis (Please refer to the user guide provided) www.letscount.org.uk/resources-for-teachers/access-local-census-data

2011 census: Key Statistics for England and Wales www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/ populationestimates/bulletins/2011censuskeystatisticsforenglandandwales/ 2012-12-11

Sharks are colour blind: National Geographic https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/1/110119-sharks-color-blin d-eyes-rods-cones-australia-animals-science/

New species of dolphin discovered https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14921665

All The Number 1 Singles www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/all-the-number-1-singles__7931/

Live Science www.livescience.com/13849-lhc-particle-accelerator-world-record.html

Past Prime Ministers www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers

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https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/bulletins/2011censuskeystatisticsforenglandandwales/2012-12-11https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/1/110119-sharks-color-blind-eyes-rods-cones-australia-animals-science/https://www.letscount.org.uk/resources-for-teachers/access-local-census-datahttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14921665https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/all-the-number-1-singles__7931/https://www.livescience.com/13849-lhc-particle-accelerator-world-record.htmlhttps://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers

Lesson 14: The year of the last census CURRICULUM LINKS INTRODUCTION LESSON OVERVIEW LEARNING INTENTIONS KEY VOCABULARY YOU WILL NEED The year of the last census ACTIVITIES FOR KEY STAGE 2 CURRICULUM LINKS AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES: History KS2

The year of the last census: Chart 1 When were we born?

The year of the last census: Chart 2 2011 Number one songs

The year of the last census: Chart 3A Fact File

The year of the last census: Chart 3B: Fact File 2011 Teacher’s answers

The year of the last census: Useful Links

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