English National Curriculum - History
Mission Objectives
Recognise that children have changed since they were a baby
Talk about similarities and differences between the past and the present
Begin to understand chronological order
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Words and meanings to learn
past
anything that has already happened
now
what is happening at the moment, today
baby
a very young human who has just been born
toddler
a young child who is just learning to walk
child
a young human being
Resources: Photographs of babies and children (if these could be of the class, even better), timeline cards (provided in the Teacher tool handout), string and pegs to create a timeline (optional), pencils, and colouring pencils
Teacher tool: The handout provides images of a baby, toddler and Reception child for the teacher to model a simple timeline.
Core Handout (2): The handout provides space for the children to draw a picture of themselves as a baby and now.
Stretch Handout (3): The handout provides space for the children to draw a picture of themselves as a baby and now. A space is also provided for the children to write a sentence about themselves in the past and now.
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