Lesson Planning

Children look at how telegrams were developed, including exploring the use of Morse Code. They write their names in code and then create telegrams using Tea-paper to create an aged effect.

Teaching Outcomes
To begin to understand the history of the telegram.
To create a telegram with an aged effect.

Children will:

• Understand the history of telegrams and why they were used.
• Recognise and begin to understand Morse code.
• Write a simple telegram to a chosen person.
• Use ‘tea bag’ dying to create an aged effect.