| Learning Objectives |
Suggested Teaching Activities and
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CHILDREN SHOULD LEARN
- about the importance of 'community'
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How do you define your locality?
Scope in NC to choose from street, estate, village, district,
town or region, according to project/age of pupils. Ask pupils
what they regard as 'their community'.
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Where the local study
fits in
QCA
schemes of work
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- to develop awareness of their built environment, sense of
pride and involvement
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Are there any listed buildings? What can they tell you about
the area? How are they being used and what condition are they
in?
Search the Images of England site to identify, check the
Buildings
at Risk register for those that appear to have problems. Visit
them and ask pupils for memories and ideas for future.
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Tracing the history
of a building
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- to make deductions from physical evidence
- to communicate information
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Which buildings were/are important to a/the community? Is
there a parish church or other faith building?
Walk round area, identify buildings, pupils to choose one to
research, or all visit parish church to obtain history and look
at graves/memorials. Make a town/village trail or tourist leaflet
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Pevsner
'Looking At Buildings'
Tracing the history
of a building
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- to find out about the past from different written sources
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What are/were the main sources of employment?
Research in trade directories, official town guides, employment
commissions. Make a chart/map to record information at key dates.
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Sources
Victoria
County History
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- to interpret information from a range of sources
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What were the main periods of house building and why were
houses built then?
Research using aerial photographs, building plans, maps. Annotate
a modern map using a key to show main periods and areas of development.
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Sources
Victoria
County History
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- that communities are about people and that they change
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When did people move into the area, why and where from? What
effects did this have?
Research census 1841 - 1901, school admission registers, old
newspspers. Make a timeline.
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Sources
Victoria
County History
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- to develop skills of accurate observation and recording
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Have any famous/ influential people lived there? What evidence
is there today?
Look for memorials, blue plaques etc. Contact local history society.
Visit local web site. Produce a leaflet for the local tourist
information office or website.
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English
Heritage Education
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- to understand how communities were/are organised
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When was education first provided and by whom? Who benefited?
Compare to modern provision.
Research trade directories, school records, parish histories.
Compare on a chart.
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Sources
Victoria
County History
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- to understand how communities relate to the wider world
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How and why have people in the locality communicated/traveled
within the area and outside?
Research maps, trade directories, official guides, records of
turnpike trusts, canal companies etc. Produce a diagram with your
community at the centre.
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Sources
Victoria
County History
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- to view events from different perspectives
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Has the area been caught up in national events? Is there any
evidence left today?
Look for memorials, research parish histories, trade directories,
old newspapers, websites
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Sources
War
Memorials
Remembrance
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- to understand how people lived in the past
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What were living conditions like in the area in the Victorian
period/1930s etc.?
Research census for family sizes [Victorians only], health reports,
parish registers for burial records, school log books for epidemics.
Present information in a report.
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Sources |
- that the area has changed at different times in the past
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How has land use changed from the nineteenth century to the
present?
OS maps, tithe map, aerial photographs, estate maps, sale catalogues.
Produce a series of annotated sketch maps, present in a power
point presentation.
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Sources
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- to synthesise information and make a judgment based on evidence
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What was it like to live here in the past, what is it like
now and how would you/other people like it to be in the future?
Investigate oral history, recorded for the project or from the
local history society or local archives/local studies library.
Write a script for a local radio station feature.
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Citizenship
[Old Orphanage project] |