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Shakespeare, J. K. Rowling and their technologies

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

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Objectives

History

  • 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.

English

  • Understand both the books they can already read accurately and fluently and those they listen to by drawing on what they already know or on background information and vocabulary provided by the teacher.

Lesson Planning

Learn more about Shakespeare, his work and his world. Compare technologies used by a writer in the 16th-17th century and now.

Teaching Outcomes
 To begin to learn about Shakespeare’s world; To find out how people used to write in William Shakespeare’s time.
To find out where Shakespeare’s plays were performed and the names of some of his plays.

Children will:

  • Know the names of one or more Shakespeare plays.
  • Compare writing implements in the past with those available now.
  • Make an information sheet using a layout of their choice.

Provided Resources

  • Old and new writing technologies
  • A printing press in Shakespeare’s time
  • A modern printing press

You Will Need

  • Tablets/computers

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