Emergent ICT linked to the ELGs will provide experiences ready for transition to the National Curriculum.  Your observations and interactions are also opportunities for ICT assessment for learning –

Children use a word bank/keyboard to write captions for photographs of themselves at various ages.

How are our toys different from those of our parents and grandparents? Activity sheets are supplied. Pictures are available on the Naace websitewww.mape.org.uk/curriculum/history/toys.htm

Children will explore an on screen simulation of a Victorian house, identifying similarities and differences between that house and their own homeshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/history/stepback.shtml

Children will write a biography of Mary Seacole, a black nurse who travelled to the Crimea at her own expense. Two supporting files are supplied. Also a list of useful internet sites.

Children will use photographic evidence to identify features of summer holidays. They will annotate pictures of seaside holidays using time-appropriate vocabulary. Supporting internet sites referenced.

This lesson should take place as soon after Remembrance Sunday as possible

In it children will compare events locally and nationally. A file of activity sheets is supplied.

In this activity children will make a vertical timeline with details of the Gunpowder Plot. A text file W38 History Y2X is supplied to support this work.

Children will learn about evacuees using different sources of information. They will make a record of these source. Pupil worksheet supplied. Also a list of useful internet sites.

Children undertake two different tasks designed to demonstrate some of the difficulties faced by archaeologists when trying to identify and interpret artefacts. Supporting internet sites referenced.

This activity uses an internet site is based in Sussex, http://www.romansinsussex.co.uk/level1/index.asp much of the information contained will apply to Roman settlements across the country. An activity sheet is supplied.

An activity sheet W38 History Y3X is provided to support the activity.

In this lesson the children will hear the story of Boudicca’s rebellion against the Romans. They will consider different interpretations of history and use a drag and drop technique to match statements made by Romans or Celts in an interview with a national ‘newspaper’. A framework is provided - W 55 History Y3X. Finally children will cut and paste an illustration for their newspapers.

Children will use the features of a word processor to create a historical glossary, which can be added to as the topic progresses. This lesson thus links history, English and ICT.

Inventories are a major source of information about ordinary people living during the Tudor and Stuart periods. Two word files are supplied with this activity. Supporting internet sites referenced.

Children use a paint package to create a replica of an Egyptian tomb painting. This activity will take two sessions to complete, and its focus needs to be on history, rather than ICT or Art and Design. A sheet of facts about tomb paintings is supplied.

In this activity children will identify houses in their area that were built in Victorian (or earlier) times. They will take digital photographs of the houses and, using Census data they will investigate the families who lived there. An activity sheet W38 History Y4X is supplied.

In this lesson children will learn about the need for and impact of rationing during WWII. They will use a ready prepared spreadsheet W 55 History Y4Y and a text file of scenarios W 55 History Y4YX to explore the food rations available to different households.

Children use the internet and other sources to search for factual information about a famous person and use ICT to write an obituary as it might have appeared in the newspapers of the time.

Children write a newspaper giving one perspective on a conflict. Although this lesson is based around the conflict between Athens and Sparta in the 5^th century BC the activity can be adapted for use with any history unit that involves conflict between two groups of people.

In this lesson children will consider the ways in which history is portrayed in commemorative ware.

This lesson could be adapted for use with either a Victorian topic or a Britain since 1930 topic. Internet sources are recommended.

Children will use a 16^th Century picture, Sir Henry Unton, to find out about life in Tudor times http://www.mape.org.uk/activities/unton/index.htm File of background notes for teachers is supplied.

Propaganda posters provide a valuable insight into society and the lives of people living at the time of the Second World War http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/propagan.htm

This lesson can be used at the end of a unit of work on any artefact-based society or culture. In it the children will create an online museum.

The last sixty years have seen unprecedented rates of change in our society. In this activity, which will last several sessions, children research different aspects of life in Britain using a range of sources, before creating a multimedia presentation of their findings. An activity sheet is provided W38 History Y6X.

In this lesson children will investigate some English words that have their roots in Greek. Supporting files are provided W 55 History Y6X and W 55 History Y6Y. An online version of an etymological dictionary is recommended http://artsci.shu.edu/classics/classics/rootsof.htm