Communicating information past and present

Write a book review and think about the ways it could be shared with others. Find out about the ways information was shared in the past and compare them with today’s digital world.

Teaching Outcomes
To learn about, analyse, and make a timeline of key developments and people associated with print communication.
To write and share a book review about a chosen book.

Children will:

• Write a book review about a favourite book as part of a ‘book outreach team’.
• Order methods of communication (and associated key people) through time, and identify the pros and cons of each method.

• Information sheet with 'book outreach team' letter and return label
• Methods of communication timeline booklets
• Information with analysis questions

• Access to a printer
• Books
• Boxes
• 7 toys

There are no weblinks needed for this session.