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How did life change in our locality in Victorian times?

Depends on your locality! If there's a major railway, then probably easiest to use that – how did the
railway affect the wealth of the locality (trade.)

Who were the ancient Greeks?

Find information in a resource book on the Greek gods. Read aloud to children information on
different gods, their symbols and their responsibilities in the world. Children to create a new Greek
god specifically for modern day, draw and describe.

How do we use ancient Greek ideas today?

Look at Greek language origins, prefixes and suffixes geo-, -ology, photo-, phon-, tech-, and -
phobia and their meanings.

What were the effects of Tudor exploration?

Effects are positive and negative (tobacco, racism, war, potatoes, maize, more accurate maps.)
Star fillers
Children could write a poem: Life Without Potatoes!

What can we learn about recent history from studying the life of a famous person?

John Lennon/Lady Diana what can we learn about music/the media/promotions/fashion/public
sympathies from the lives of these people?

GEOGRAPHY

Water

Try and chart how much water the children use in a week in their households. Look at how they can
reduce their water use, and at why they would need to too!

Should the high street be closed to traffic?

If the high street were closed to traffic, what exceptions would you make to the rule and why?
(Ambulances, wagons.)

Local traffic – an environmental issue

Give each group of children a role in society (police/environmental activist/head teacher/OAP etc.)
and tell them secretly what their opinion is of a local issue (traffic issue, parking, by-pass, one way
street, cycle lanes etc.) and give 5 minutes to come up with an argument. Have a chairperson, and
hold a debate. Children to write a summary of views in their books.