Fact finders

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Famous for more than Five Minutes - NEW LOOK Composers

Objectives

History

  • Learn about the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements.

English

  • Ask relevant questions to extend their understanding and knowledge.

Lesson Planning

Learn about the lives of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and take part in a fact finding mission.

Teaching Outcomes
To learn about and compare the lives of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
To create a fact page about either Andrew Lloyd Webber or Mozart.
To ask questions about Andrew Lloyd Webber and Mozart.

Children will:

  • Learn about and compare the lives of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  • Create a fact page about either Andrew Lloyd Webber or Mozart.
  • Ask questions about Andrew Lloyd Webber and Mozart.

Provided Resources

  • Mozart timeline, facts, figures and introduction
  • Looking fantastic in the 18th century
  • How are they different and how are they the same? (Venn diagram)
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber timeline, facts, figures and introduction
  • Looking fantastic in the 21st century
  • The 18th- and 21st-century audiences
  • Images of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Andrew Lloyd Webber

You Will Need

  • Large space such as school hall
  • Clipboards
  • Blu-Tack