Teacher Notes

Activities: Notes for Teachers

The activities suggested for each programme are of the following kinds:

Note making

Learning focus: Key Elements 4, 5

A note-making grid is given, including the key themes and spaces for the students to write down what they find out.

This is probably best done at the end of the programme as a collaborative activity. Encourage students to discuss the information and ask you for clarification.

Alternatively, the programme notes suggest appropriate timings for pausing the video to allow for note taking.

Making sense of the information

Learning focus: Key Elements 1, 2, 3

This activity involves the student manipulating information, making choices, and selecting facts.

The activities are intended to promote discussion. Suggestions are made for extended writing.

Research

This activity involves finding information from the web. Suggestions for written tasks are offered, but it may be enough simply to access new information and talk about it.

Life stories

Learning focus: Key Elements 4, 5

This task involves asking an adult questions relating to one of the themes highlighted in the programme. This ongoing project could lead to the compilation of a class book or web page.

The activity is important in helping the student develop the ability to ask questions and identify with the recent past. Furthermore, it helps to preserve life stories, which might otherwise be lost. This database could provide a rich resource for future schoolchildren and historians.