Learning from others

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Beyond Living Memory: Commemorating History Thanksgiving Day

Objectives

History

  • Discover events beyond living memory that are significant globally.
  • Identify similarities and differences between ways of life in different periods.
  • Ask and answer questions, choosing and using parts of stories and other sources.

Design and Technology

  • Select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks (cutting, shaping, joining and finishing).
  • Know the basic principles of a healthy and varied diet.
  • Understand where food comes from.

English

  • Develop understanding through speculating, hypothesizing, imaging and exploring idea.
  • Participate in discussions, presentations, performances, roleplay, improvisations, debates.

Lesson Planning

Pilgrims and Native peoples interact together and teach each other new skills. Hot seat Pilgrim and Native peoples; experience practical and creative tasks.

Teaching Outcomes
To find out about everyday life for the Pilgrim Families and the Wampanog People in the 1620s.
To consolidate learning through a series of practical, creative tasks.
To give voice to their understanding of life as the Pilgrim Families, learning how to survive in unfamiliar country guided by very different people.

Children will:

  • Learn about life for the first pilgrims and the Wampanog people through various practical, creative tasks
  • Generate questions and find answers using information sources.
  • Use dramatic techniques, including working in role to explore ideas.

Provided Resources

  • Information sheet with carousel of activities

You Will Need

  • Books, photographs and other sources of information to answer questions
  • Materials for practical tasks