This is a sequence of four history lessons based on children in mining. It is aimed at year 2 children but can be adapted to cover other year groups. There are detailed Smart Notebook slides together any resources needed for each lesson. There is also the planning overview included. The sequence of lessons are: To know what a mine is and why it is important in our local area (Grimethorpe Colliery); To find out what coal was used for; To learn about the jobs that children did in the mines. To know that a law was passed to stop woman and children from working in the mines. To recount events from the past. This sequence begins by looking at a local area (Grimethorpe) and goes on to look at what coal was used for. The main focus of this learning is about the jobs that children did in the mines. A planned trip to the Mining Museum would make the learning come to life as the children will see and feel what it was like down a mine as a child. The final lesson is an extended piece of writing about life in as a miner where a booklet (Word document) has been provided for the children to write in. There are video links within the slides and I have shown where the links are by putting ‘click here’ at the side of the picture.

This is a sequence of lessons covering Florence Nightingale aimed at KS1 but can be adapted to cover other year groups. Included are detailed Smart Notebook Slides for each lesson as well as all resources and worksheets. The objectives covered are: To find out who Florence Nightingale was and when she lived. To find out why Florence Nightingale went to Scutari and what hospital conditions were like when she got there. To find out how Florence Nightingale improved the conditions at the Scutari hospital. To find out about Florence Nightingale’s later life. To identify similarities and differences between medical care now and in Victorian times. To be able to order and summarise events in the life of Florence Nightingale.