Foundation subject planner
Subject: History
Area of learning: Historical,
geographical and social
understanding
Communication/
literacy focus
expressive
Week/ session
1
6/9/13
Application of
number focus
Ordinal numbers
Chronological
awareness
Measurements of
time
Class: Grapes
Yrs 2, 4, 5 & 6
ICT focus
Internet
www.bbc.co.uk/wales/celts/activ
ities/
Camera
Tape recorder
Group 1 weekly objectives/
activities
Children: AS(P3ii) CMS EG (P4)
Celtic music.
Bright tartan rugs to roll up in
and swing in.
Iron objects to feel.
Corn to sprinkle and squash Could add water.
Soft toy sheep, pigs
Woad salon – take turns to have
face painted with blue eye liner
or face paint. Look in mirror,
compare with printed pictures
of Celtic warriors. Photo.
Lesson Outcome: proactively
experience activities with
historical theme.
2
12/9/13
Lesson Outcome: encounter
Roman artefacts outside the
classroom
Unit:
2.5 Romans
Working with others
focus
Sharing joint experiences.
Recalling experiences
together.
Date: Term 1 2013 2014
Improving own
performance focus
Review work done
Developing self
knowledge & reflection.
Problem solving focus
Flexibility
Observing historical sources
Group 2 weekly objectives/ activities
Children: CW LDA LMWH (P5)
Group 3 weekly objectives/ activities
Children: LM HF (P6)
Look at timeline, draw attention to ‘now’ and ‘then’.
Going to find out about Iron Age Celts who were
living in Britain before the Romans came. They lived
in tribes like families in separate parts of England
each with own king and queen. Look at map of
Britain showing regions, match Icenii.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/life-inpre-roman-britain/3679.html
Match picture to picture 2x2 grid of pre Roman
life, play as a lotto game with a partner with adult
support.
Plenary: http://www.tes.co.uk/teachingresource/The-Celts-6175684/
Note vocabulary present and past using timeline.
Place Iron Age Celts on the time line.
Lesson Outcome: matched pictures showing aspects
of lives of Iron Age Celts.
Visit Jewry Wall Museum, Leicester.
See remains of Roman Baths and Roman archaeology
collections.
Lesson Outcome: experience historical sources
outside the classroom
Reassemble map of Celtic Britain.
Play lotto game with a partner 3x2 grid. Identify
Celtic homes, money, clothes, that they were
farmers and warriors.
Books about Celts available
Lesson Outcome: identified aspects of lives of
Iron Age Celts from pictures.
Lesson Outcome: encounter aspects of life in
Roman times from artefacts outside the
classroom
3
20/9/13
‘Just Like A Roman’ song
White sheet to roll up in and
swing in.
Mark making in clay.
Grapes to sprinkle and squash Could add water.
Choose green or orange - Mark
make to colour – cut out as leaf
shapes and stick on hairband to
make own laurel wreath. Try on,
look in mirror, compare with
printed picture of Roman. Photo.
Remember visit last week. Look at map showing
Italy and England. Romans came from Rome in Italy.
Roman life was very different from Celtic life.
Look at map of Roman Britain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYdoqFmJf6o
just like a Roman song.
Match picture to picture 2x2 grid of Roman life,
play as a lotto game with a partner with adult
support.
Plenary: http://youtube.com/watch?v=DVmbxpEFAA day in life of 10 yr old Roman.
Place Romans on the time line.
Reassemble map of Roman Britain.
Celtic music.
Look at photo of self and
Boudicca. Find self stick under
wws now. Stick picture of
Boudicca under long time ago
wws.
Tartan rug,
Blue mark making.
Make den to represent round
house, sit in it and play with
pots, pans, appropriate toy food.
Look at timeline. England had food and metals that
they wanted to use, so they invaded.
Using The Story of Boudicca powerpoint retell the
story of Boudicca.
Match picture/words to picture/words to retell
story. Overwite/underwrite Boudicca and Romans to
label.
Plenary:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1LhT7rCC6O8
Boudicca song horrible histories.
Remember chronological sequence of Iron Age
Britain and Roman Britain.
Roman music.
Explore silver card. Make it into
a helmet.
Explore red wool and feathers.
Add to your helmet.
Explore orange/gold coloured
card discs.
Remember Romans won the fight against Boudicca
and the Icenii. Look at picture of Roman armour and
what Celtic warriors wore.
Match word to word differences between Roman
and Celts in battle.
Decorate a Celtic warrior face with blue swirly
lines, add detail to Roman helmet – gold card
Look at differences between Celts and Roman
army to begin to understand why Romans won.
Sort differences. Copy write.
Draw a Roman soldier and a Celt warrior.
Books available about these periods of history.
Lesson Outcome: proactively
experience activities with
historical theme.
4
23/9/13
(swap with RE this
week)
Lesson Outcome: coactively
experience chronology by
sticking pictures in order with
support.
5
4/10/13
Lesson Outcome: matched pictures showing aspects
of lives of Romans.
Lesson Outcome: listen to and follow a story about
people and events in the past.
Play lotto game with a partner 3x2 grid. Identify
Roman homes, money, clothes, that they were
farmers and warriors.
Books about Romans available
Lesson Outcome: identified aspects of lives of
Romans from pictures.
Sequence 4 pictures to retell story of Boudicca 1.
Beginning. 2. The Revolt. 3. The Battle. 4. The
End. Copy write titles.
LM draw own picture of Boudicca.
Lesson Outcome: sequence some details from
historical events with prompts.
Lesson Outcome: identify different aspects of
Roman soldiers and Celt warriors from pictures
Add to your helmet. Try helmet
on look in mirror. Photo.
Look at picture of Roman
helmet. Explore toy Roman
helmet.
shapes, red feathers or wool.
Plenary: Share work done. How do you think you did
in this lesson?
with support.
Celtic music.
Look at photos of self from
previous lessons.
Have separate stations of
activities Celt and Roman.
Choose to be swung or play in
tartan rug or white sheet.
Explore artefacts from history
box in sensory way.
Choose whether to mark make
with blue paint or use tool to
make marks in clay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1V7RLv5jg&list=PLB9JgyJPv
La7ResiBYhrskO0HlhH5HwN music describing
Boudicca’s defeat by the Romans.
Match word to word how Romans and Celts lived.
What art they liked, how they washed, what they do
to relax, what they wore.
With a partner and adult support choose to either
collect pictures relating to Roman or Celtic life and
play lotto game 2X2 grid.
Plenary: Share work done. How do you think you did
in this lesson?
Sort into table form differences between Roman
and Celts. What sort of art they liked, how they
washed, what they do to relax, what they wore.
Play lotto either collecting Roman or Celt pictures.
3x2 grid
Sort into table form differences between Roman
and Celts. What sort of art they liked, how they
washed, what they do to relax, what they wore.
Play lotto either collecting Roman or Celt
pictures. 3x2 grid
Look at photos of us from recent past.
Match word to word how we live today.
Sort pictures of Roman and Celt and life today –
clothes, battle, art, entertainment and washing by
matching.
With a partner and adult support choose to either
collect pictures relating to Roman, Celtic or life
today and play lotto game 2X2 grid.
Plenary: pick a picture from feely bag and put on to
appropriate list – Roman, Celt or today.
Use jig to say which period of history you like best.
Answer questions on how we live today.
Sort into table form differences between Roman,
Celts and life today. What sort of art they liked,
how they washed, what they do to relax, what
they wore.
Play lotto either collecting Roman, Celt or life
today pictures. 3x2 grid.
Communicate which period of history you like
best.
Lesson Outcome: cooperate in
shared activities with support
6
11/10/13
Lesson Outcome: explore
materials in increasingly
complex ways.
Lesson Outcome: with support find answers to
questions about the past using given historical
information
Lesson Outcome: sort pictures relating to Roman
life from Celtic life with support.
Lesson Outcome: begin to recognise pictures of
people and aspects of the past with support.
7
18/10/13
Roman music. Make choices:
Foot spa – look at picture of
Roman baths
Mosaics – shape pictures – look
at picture of Roman mosaic.
Sensory exploration of olive oil,
this layer in tray. – look at
picture of Roman jug.
Soft toy lions and elephant
Thread fruit and vegetables.
Twist chenille sticks – Roman
Lesson Outcome: sort pictures from past and
present with support.
jewellery pictures.
Lesson Outcome: begin to recognise pictures of
people and aspects of the past and present with
support.
Dress up. Photos.
Match picture of Roman meal.
Share food with rest of class
Roman style.
Life in Roman Britain. Make a toga from white sheet
provided by parents. Make scroll. Make twisted
bangle. Dress up.
Share food in Roman style as picture of Roman
meal, people lying down to eat.
Roman music.
Lesson Outcome: explore
materials in increasingly
complex ways.
8
25/10/13
Lesson Outcome: cooperate with
shared exploration and
supported participation.
Unit objectives/
expectations:
Lesson Outcome: participate in shared activities
relating to Roman life with support.
Group 1
Experience aspects of the lives of people
in the past from Iron Age and Roman
Britain.
To have opportunities to experience a
range of historical sources.
Copy write a list of food for the Roman menu.
Lesson Outcome: participate in shared activities
relating to Roman life with less support by taking
part in role play activity.
Group 2
To experience aspects of the lives of
people in the past from different places
and periods in history. They have
opportunities to experience a range of
historical sources and communicate views
and feelings about the past.
Learning intelligences considered, please highlight.
How this unit of work fosters links with the community: visit to public museum
Verbal linguistic
Mathematical logical
Musical
Group 3
Have opportunities to sequence some key
events.
Learn about significant people and
different periods.
Begin to make distinctions between life
now and then.
Visual spatial
Bodily kinaesthetic
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Naturalistic
Existential