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Atlantis - truth or fiction?

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Ancient Greece True or False

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Objectives

History

  • Regularly address and sometimes devise historically valid questions.
  • Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

Computing

  • Use search technologies effectively, appreciate how results are selected and ranked, and be discerning in evaluating digital content.

Lesson Planning

Devise questions for a historical research topic about the lost city of Atlantis; research using an online search engine; discuss what makes a website reliable.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To devise questions and research the reliability and validity of the Atlantis story.
  • To research online and make decisions on websites' reliability.

Children will:

  • Devise questions for a historical research topic.
  • Research using an online search engine.
  • Explain what makes a website reliable.

You Will Need

  • Atlantis the Legend of a Lost City by Christina Balit (or similar)

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