Newton International and British Schools
Primary Mid-Term Planning
Subject : History
Term: Term 1 Year Group: Year 2 / Resources: Photographs of old modes of transport, toy cars, Time Line of Cars PowerPoint, toy cars, Jackson Pollock artwork examples, craft materials to make cars and rocket, video of moon landing, solar system information pack. / Assessment Activities:
Formative assessment ongoing, through questioning and review of books
Summative assessment each half term
Self-assessment
Vocabulary Required:
Past, present, transport, car, vehicle, automobile, space, solar system, axis, wheel, pivot, modern, old fashioned, ancient
Duration / Topic / Objectives / Comment
1 / Introduction to Transport / Children name and describe different types of transport and begin to understand transport was different when their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents were little.
Different forms of transport through the ages. / Children will look at various forms of transport such as horseback, horse and cart, early ships and locomotives. Also how canals were used to aid transport.
1 / History of Cars / Children explore the story of the automobile, looking at how the internal combustion engine was invented and how the car developed over time. Children produce a timeline of cars over 100 years.
1 / Wheel Printing / Children use toy vehicles to identify the features of ‘modern’ and ‘old fashioned’ cars. They then create artwork using printing with toy vehicles. Children recognize the name Jackson Pollock as a famous artist.
1 / How wheels work / How axels and wheels work is described and demonstrated. Children use their new understanding to help them design their own cars which they will make in the next session.
1 / Make a car / Children understand how wheels work by turning on an axel and use this knowledge to make a car with turning wheels. Children evaluate their designs.
1 / Space travel / Children learn about space travel and appreciate the significance of space exploration in recent history. They begin to recognize a chronology and then go on to design a rocket/space station, working collaboratively.
1 / Moon landing / Using footage of moon landing and images of the earth from space, children understand this significant historical event. They read Mark Haddon’s Sea of Tranquility and are able to date the event. They now build their own space station or rocket in the classroom, using their own designs.
1 / Solar System / Children look at actual pictures of Mars and begin to understand that space exploration is an ongoing as well as historical undertaking. They learn about the solar system and produce a drawing, then learn the names of the planets in order.

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