Timeline

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Sports Tournaments Tennis Tournaments

Objectives

History

  • Continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
  • Construct informed responses that involve thoughtful selection and organisation of relevant historical information.

English

  • Retrieve and record information from non-fiction.

Geography

  • Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) and North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities.

Lesson Planning

Using our template, make a timeline of when the major tournaments were started, and some of the other major events in the history of tennis tournaments; make a class calendar to keep track of when major tournaments are played and mark the tournament locations on maps.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To create a timeline of tennis tournament history.
  • To research the history of tennis tournaments for relevant information.
  • To make a map of where major tennis tournaments take place.

Children will:

  • Put dates into chronological order on a timeline.
  • Retrieve factual information from non-fiction.
  • Locate some cities and countries on a world map.

You Will Need

  • Wall year planner
  • Large world map.