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The WWW revolution and Tim Berners-Lee

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

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Objectives

History

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

Computing

  • Recognise common uses of information technology beyond school.

Lesson Planning

Learn about the history and development of the WWW, and its inventor, Tim Berners-Lee. Investigate a range of children’s book review blogs and decide which features work well and which don’t.

Teaching Outcomes
 To ‘meet’ Tim Berners-Lee and learn about his World Wide Web.
To compare various book review blogs and websites, identifying key features.

Children will:

  • Meet Berners-Lee and learn about his invention of the World Wide Web.
  • Explore online children’s book review sites and identify features they do and don’t like.

Provided Resources

  • Web game instructions
  • WWW lucky-dip strips
  • Photo of Tim Berners-Lee

You Will Need

  • 4 balls of wool or string

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