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History of cars

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Changes within Living Memory Transport

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Objectives

History

  • Learn about changes within living memory.
  • Ask and answer questions about the past.
  • Understand some ways we find out about the past.

English

  • Write about real events.
  • Write for different purposes.

Lesson Planning

Children explore the story of the automobile, looking at how the internal combustion engine was invented and how the car developed over time. Children produce a timeline of cars over 100 years.

Teaching Outcomes
To learn about the development of the car over time.
To produce a class timeline of cars.

Children can:

  • Begin to understand that things change over time, the motor car became more efficient and sleek and fast.
  • Begin to know the car was invented over 100 years ago and looked very different.

You Will Need

  • Non-fiction texts on cars including the history of cars
  • 5m long strip of coloured paper to make a large timeline to go around the room

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