Subject : HISTORY

Theme: Glyndwr’s Adventures in India

Outcomes / Teaching and Learning Activities / Skills
History of Owain Glyndŵr
N B 2
N B 3 / Who was Owain Glyndŵr?
  • Look at images of Glyndŵr (NB 2) – an opportunity to discuss and express an opinion e.g why are there different images of him?
  • Look at Glyndŵr’s timeline (NB 3) – a starting point to further work by preparing a presentation about Glyndŵr’s life – booklet, PowerPoint or Photo Story presentation.
  • Sycharth – search for information about Sycharth – what kind of building, life in Sycharth (the family, workers).
  • Choose some important events in Glyndŵr’s life e.g. Battle of Bryn Glas, the Pennal Letter, Establishing a Parliament in Machynlleth.
  • The Big Question – what happened to Owain Glyndŵr after 1412 – an opportunity to express an opinion / create an interpretation.
  • Plenty of opportunities to practice written language skills – factual reports, diary, letter and monologue.
/ History:
  • INTERPRETATIONS OF HISTORY – differentiating between ‘fact’ and ‘opinion’, giving some reasons for this based on evidence/information.
  • HISTORICAL INFORMATION AND UNDERSTANDING – recognising the differences in life style in different periods.
  • HISTORICAL RESEARCH – asking and answering relevant questions about the past.
  • HISTORICAL RESEARCH – using a range of soruces including ITC.
  • ORGANISING AND COMMUNICATING – conveying ideas, points of view and conclusions with increasing independence in a variety of ways.
Thinking
  • PLANNING –Asking questions relevant to the context and listening before asking further questions.
  • PLANNING – Recognising and making connections with previous knowledge skills in relation to the context.
  • PLANNING – Suggesting where to find information a ideas relevant to the context.
  • DEVELOP – Recognising and describing similarities and differences by making simple comparisons.
  • DEVELOP – Considering evidence, information and ideas to begin distinguishing between ‘facts’, beliefs and opinion.
  • REFLECTION – Describing what has been learnt/discovered.
Communication
  • ORACY - Show awarenss of the needs of the listener, asking questions and responding to other people’s contributions.
  • READING – Decoding text and starting to discover simple information, using organizational devices and clues available to compile meaning.
  • WRITING – Writing short creative or factual pieces. Checking the work and sometimes correcting mistakes.
ITC
  • Supporting a range of activties by finding suitable information from sources provided by means of simple investigations.
  • Using ITC sources provided to assist with creating, presenting and sharing their ideas securely, by means of text/prepared word lists, images.
Language (English):
ORACY – watching and listening attentively and grasping the main points.
ORACY – communicating:
  • clearly and confidently
  • using gesture and inflexion in an appropriate manner
  • READING – using different strategies to discover meaning and gather information in texts.
  • WRITING – joining sentences and clauses intelligibly and orderly, using a variety of English syntax and using paragraphs effectively.

Glyndŵr’s timeline up to today.
N B 1 / An opportunity to place Owain Glyndwr in historical order, to gather information and briefly discuss each event. All the events in NB1 refer to events after 1404:-
  • 1404 – Establishing a Parliament at Machynlleth.
  • 1588 –Translating the Bible into Welsh. History of Bishop William Morgan
  • 1631 – Building the Taj Mahal in Agra.
  • 1865 – The Mimosa sails for Patagonia.
  • 1918 – The end of the First World War.
  • 1945 – The end of the Second World War.
  • 1969 – Man walks on the moon.
  • 1982 – S4C Television Channel established.
  • 1999 – The National Assembly for Wales officially opened.
The above gives the children the opportunity to research and present information about each event – individual or group work.
The Taj Mahal
N B 12 / N B 12 provides a number of images of the TAJ MAHAL. This is an opportunity for the children to see and discuss the characterisitics of the building, stimulating them to do futher work researching and presenting information about this remarkable structure.
Questions for discussion:
  • Who were Shan Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal?
  • Why build such a building?
  • How long did it take to build the Taj Mahal?
  • What kind of materials were used to build it?
Press the button ? on page N B 12 to get some facts to start the research.
(An opportunity also for art work – looking at the patterns on the sculpture work surrounding the building. )
Additional / Some suggestions for additional tasks to extend the theme or extended tasks for more able pupils-:
  • Gather information about the history of INDIA – how old is the country?
  • Great events in India’s history – India’s historical time-line.
  • Prepare a time-line showing historical events in WALES.
  • Compare the history of INDIA and WALES - similarities / differences.

Additional Resources – to be used to support the theme
USEFUL WEBSITES
Wikipedia Owain Glyndŵr
Owain Glyndŵr Society

Owain Glyndŵr – History of Sycharth
www. castlewales.com/gwydr-cym
Owain Glyndŵr Centre
www. canolfanowainglyndwrcentre.org.uk
BOOKS
Owain Glyndŵr - Rhiannon Ifans
( Lolfa - 2000 )
Antur Rhyfeddol Rhys Williams
Angharad Tomos
( Gwynedd Council)
Darganfod Hanes Cymru – Llyfr 2
Catrin Stevens
( Oxford Press )