Year plan

YEAR PLAN

TERM UNIT AND LESSON

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3 Unit 1: Local history

Lesson 1: Find out what’s happening today in a local area Lesson 2: Photos tell a story Lesson 3: What can we learn from written sources? Lesson 4 People tell their stories and share experiences Lesson 5: Objects are little pieces of history Unit 2: Find out about the history of a local area

Lesson 6: Photo-stories Lesson 7: Information from documents/written sources Lesson 8: People tell their stories and share experiences Lesson 9: A piece of history in your hand Unit 3: What makes a great leader?

Lesson 10: Pose and answer questions about the qualities of good leaders Lesson 11: Choose a leader Lesson 12: Attributes of good leaders Lesson 13: Nelson Mandela Lesson 14: Mahatma Gandhi Lesson 15: Are leaders always popular and perfect? Unit 4: Transport over time: land transportation (1)

Lesson 16: Animals Lesson 17: Carts, wagons and carriages Lesson 18: Bicycles Lesson 19 Steam engine and the train Lesson 20: Cars Lesson 21: General transportation of people and goods Lesson 22: Case study: damage to the environment Unit 5: Transport over time: water transport (2)

Lesson 23: Rafts, canoes and reed boats Lesson 24: The first sailing vessels Lesson 25: The first steam ships Lesson 26: Modern water transport Unit 6: Transport over time: air transport/aviation (3)

Lesson 27: Hot air balloons and airships Lesson 28: The Wright brothers and the first aeroplane Lesson 29: Modern aviation

DATE COMPLETED

4 Unit 7: The oldest forms of human communication

Lesson 30: Language, symbols, songs, art and dance Lesson 31: The communication of the San huntergatherers Unit 8: How do we communicate today?

Lesson 32: Postal system Lesson 33: Radio Lesson 34: Early typewriters before the advent of electricity Lesson 35: Telegraph Lesson 36: Telephone Lesson 37: Camera Lesson 38: Television Lesson 39: Computer Lesson 40: The Internet Lesson 41: Cellphone