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Inventors and Inventions

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Victorians Long live the Queen

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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.
  • Study an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066: the changing power of monarchs using case studies such as Victoria.
  • Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

Computing

  • Use software to create content to present information.

Lesson Planning

Find out about Victorian inventiveness and some important inventors and inventions of the period.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To identify key Victorian inventors and research their work.
  • To evaluate the impact of these changes on the lives of the Victorians.
  • To demonstrate knowledge of Victorian inventors through use of word processing software.

Children will:

  • Explore the famous inventors of the Victorian period and the impact of their inventions on everyday people.
  • Use computers to create an encyclopaedia page about an inventor.

You Will Need

  • Reference books about the Victorians
  • Encyclopaedias

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