Become an enthusiastic, expert palaeontologist! Learn about the fascinating story of human evolution. Create your own family tree and relate it to the family tree of the human species. Find out about how the early humans dispersed around the world. Use storytelling to pass on your learning about human evolution to other children. Includes: - Topic Overview - Block Overview - Lesson 01: The human family tree Children learn about and create their own family tree of human evolution. - Lesson 02: The human journey Make a map showing early human dispersal around the world. - Lesson 03: Human fossils Learn about four key human fossils and put them on a timeline. - Lesson 04: Meeting Neanderthals Take part in a philosophical enquiry about Homo sapiens meeting Neanderthals. - Lesson 05: The human story Share your learning about human evolution through storytelling. Find more lesson plans and resources at www. hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Be a palaeontologist! Excavate a fossil block and research the three main epochs of fossils. Find out how fossils are made and make your own. Tour your school sharing your knowledge with other children. Includes: - Topic Overview - Block Overview - Lesson 01: How footprints get made Learn about how fossil footprints are made and how we investigate them. Make your own plaster cast footprints. - Lesson 02: Dinosaur footprints Make dinosaur feet and footprints. Learn what footprints can tell us about dinosaur behaviour and adaptations. - Lesson 03: Optional outdoor trip Visit an outdoor site and record animal footprints using drawing, photography and casts. - Lesson 04: Animal footprints Investigate animal footprints and how they give us evidence about the environment. Make a guide to animal footprints. - Lesson 05: Human footprints Learn how someone’s footprints can tell us a great deal about their height, gait and speed. - Lesson 06: Natural history film Make a film about footprint investigations, which informs others about what you have learned in this block. Find more lesson plans and resources at www. hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Be a palaeontologist! Excavate a fossil block and research the three main epochs of fossils. Find out how fossils are made and make your own. Tour your school sharing your knowledge with other children. Includes: - Topic Overview - Block Overview - Lesson 01: Fossils in the UK Re-cap how fossils are made, learn about the fossil-hunting areas of the UK and create a map. - Lesson 02: History of science Learn about the 18th Century science, society and the status of women. - Lesson 03: Mary Anning Learn about Mary Anning, her life as a fossil hunter and her achievements. - Lesson 04: Improvise a play Improvise a play to tell other children about Mary Anning, drawing on all your previous research. Find more lesson plans and resources at www. hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Be gripped by this significant historic event from the 17th Century! Prepare tours for key London places, make souvenirs, role-play key people and draw maps, ready to transform your classroom into a recreation of 17th Century London at the time of the 1666 Great Fire. Become tour guides and teach visitors about this historic event. Includes: - Topic Overview - Block Overview - Lesson 01: The Great Fire of London Tour Prepare a tour guide speech to inform visitors to 17th Century London about the key places that were involved in the Great Fire. - Lesson 02: The Great Fire of London Souvenirs Design and create Great Fire of London souvenirs, using your knowledge of the event. - Lesson 03: Table top maps Create informative tabletop maps of 17th Century London, using your knowledge of the event and your imagination. - Lesson 04: Guided tours of 17th century London Using all you have learned about the Great Fire of London, turn your classroom into a recreation of 17th Century London. Guide visitors around key places of the time, tell them about this historic event and then invite them to choose a souvenir. Find more lesson plans and resources at www. hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Be gripped by this significant historic event from the 17th Century! Learn about the food eaten at the time and contrast the diet of the rich and poor. Compare and contrast contemporary and period recipes and produce them for the end of topic exhibition. Study the Great Fire monument in London and build your own structure to symbolize this historic event. Includes: - Topic Overview - Block Overview - Lesson 01: Banquets and Picnics Children can choose to be either ‘Royalty’ or ‘Peasants’ to compare and contrast the food we eat today with the food available in Tudor and Stuart times. - Lesson 02: Bakers! Children will bake two different types of bread, taste, compare and contrast them and decide which one should be produced for the end of topic exhibition. Children will also design and build a model structure to symbolize the importance of the Great Fire of London. Find more lesson plans and resources at www. hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Be gripped by this significant historic event from the 17th Century! Find out about the famous diarists Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn. Write your own diary entries, including a realistic entry set during the Great Fire. Finally, share diaries in a ‘coffee house’ setting to celebrate the completion of this block. Includes: - Topic Overview - Block Overview - Lesson 01: Who ARE they? Find out about famous diarists Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn; learn about the art of diary writing and write your own diary entry. - Lesson 02: FREEZE! Role-play scenes from the Great Fire of London that were captured in diary entries at the time; Perform and perfect your scenes; capture a key moment in a ‘freeze frame’ photograph. - Lesson 03: What did you say? Look carefully at your freeze frame pictures; write speech bubbles to depict the emotions experienced by the people in the scene. - Lesson 04: Quills and ink! Learn about the writing implements of the 17th Century; make your own quill and ink; write a realistic looking diary page about an incident during the Great Fire of London 1666. - Lesson 05: Coffee House! Use paint to recreate an authentic looking diary cover for your historic diary; read your diary to other children in a ‘coffee house’ setting to celebrate the completion of this block. Find more lesson plans and resources at www. hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Be gripped by this significant historic event from the 17th Century! Learn about modern and 17th Century fire-fighting. Understand how the Great Fire of London started, spread and what the results were. Finally, think about your own fire safety, before creating a poster and a fire safety plan. Includes: - Topic Overview - Block Overview - Lesson 01: Fireman Jim's account Compare the fire-fighting methods of today with the methods of the 17th Century. - Lesson 02: Fire Safety Then and Now Find out about fire safety, role-playing an emergency call and creating a poster describing safety tips. - Lesson 03: Hear Ye, Hear Ye Learn about communicating in the 17th Century and make up your own scroll message to alert others to a fire. - Lesson 04: Fire Safety Plans Learn more about the Great Fire and why it spread so quickly; ask questions to a local fire officer and create a simple plan of your house showing fire safety routes. Find more lesson plans and resources at www. hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Be gripped by this significant historic event from the 17th Century! Develop your ideas about this famous cathedral using drawing, imagination and communication; use charcoal drawing and potato printing to develop artistic ideas inspired by St Paul’s before designing, making and decorating a final model Cathedral. Includes: - Topic Overview - Block Overview - Lesson 01: Journey Back in Time Find out about St Paul’s Cathedral and then develop your own ideas in charcoal pictures. - Lesson 02: The Dome Research St Paul’s further using paintings and sculptures and use clay to make your own 3D artefacts. - Lesson 03: Abstract Art Think about the way fire looks and the way it makes people feel. Empathise with the people who lived through the Great Fire and make your own piece of abstract art using potato printing. - Lesson 04: Designing and making a cathedral Consolidate all your knowledge about St Paul’s cathedral by planning, making and decorating your own junk model cathedral. Find more lesson plans and resources at www. hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Be gripped by this significant historic event from the 17th Century! Find out about historical songs and chants connected to the Great Fire of London. Explore dynamics, pitch and tempo. Use all you have learned to create a simple 4-part music and movement composition, inspired by the Great Fire. Includes: - Topic Overview - Block Overview - Lesson 01: London's Burning Experiment with songs and chants. Change dynamics within music to change the effect, all while looking at the classic song ‘London´s Burning’. - Lesson 02: High and Low Sounds In this session, experiment with pitch by exploring low and high sounds in recorded music and by using a selection of musical instruments. - Lesson 03: All about the beat All about the beat - explore how to change the tempo of music- fast and slow sounds. - Lesson 04: Fire performance Use all you have learned about dynamics, pitch and tempo to create your own 4-part music and movement composition inspired by the Great Fire of London. Find more lesson plans and resources at www. hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Be gripped by this significant historic event from the 17th Century! Consider the design of buildings, the properties of building materials and the contrast between the materials used in modern buildings and around the time of the Great Fire of London. Make 3D models and 2D collages of Tudor homes, and re-enact the Great Fire of London! Finally, a visit from ‘Mr Pepys’ will be the catalyst for the class to become Stuart estate agents! Includes: - Topic Overview - Block Overview - Lesson 01: Fantasy buildings & Resource Discuss the properties of ideal buildings, including function and materials (this is an ideal opportunity to plan a visit from an Architect). - Lesson 02: Building materials Learn about the properties of materials used in modern building construction, including around the exterior of the school. - Lesson 03: Builders then and now (part 1) Compare and contrast building materials available today and 450 years ago using research and practical tasks. - Lesson 04: Builders then and now (part 2) Evaluate the stability of Tudor buildings by creating 3D models, 2D collages and labelled diagrams and making wattle and daub. - Lesson 05: London's burning! Create a model Tudor street and consider the effects of it burning down. - Lesson 06: Estate Agents Write Tudor property descriptions, using historical knowledge, and present them in role to ‘Mr Pepys’. Find more lesson plans and resources at www. hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Be gripped by this significant historic event from the 17th Century! Find out more about how we fight fires today compared with how fires were fought in the 17th century. Generate questions about the Great Fire of London, research the answers and finally write reports for a class newspaper ‘Great Fire’ special edition. Includes: - Topic Overview - Block Overview - Lesson 01: Fire Fire & resource - Lesson 01: Supplement Arrange a fire drill and/or a visit from the fire brigade to excite and engage your children in finding out more about how we fight fires today compared with how fires were fought in 17th century. Then begin to generate questions about the Great Fire of London, ready to research the answers and report in a class newspaper special. - Lesson 02: London's Burning & resource Research answers to questions about the Great Fire using non- fiction books and websites. Then use these facts to begin a chronological account of the 5 days, on working wall and finally hot seat characters and ask them questions to inform your newspaper reports. - Lesson 03: Reporters! Become a successful news reporter! Revise the success criteria for a newspaper report, role-play a reporter interviewing people and then write up your class newspaper special edition about The Great Fire of London. Find related lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

This block introduces the Roman Army. What was its organisation? What were the Roman soldiers like and why did so many Britons join the Roman army? Children learn about the army and then use this knowledge to help them understand how Roman busts differed from their Greek equivalent. They create their own Roman Bust in relief from clay. Includes: - Topic Overview - Block Overview - Lesson 01: Understanding why the Roman army was so powerful Children learn about the Roman army and train together, being given orders by a centurion. They act out a battle. - Lesson 02: Understanding the power of the Roman army through 3D art Children explore some of the features of the Roman Army by looking at the differences between Roman & Greek busts. - Lesson 03: Recording different facial expressions in sketchbooks and experimenting with clay Children start to plan and design their Roman busts, thinking about the features and expression of a soldier in the Roman Army. - Lesson 04: Creating a fierce depiction of themselves from clay Children re-cap all they have learned about the Roman Army. Then they create a Roman bust in relief from clay. Find more lesson plans and resources at www. hamilton-trust.org.uk.

The Olympics is now the largest sporting event on Earth, but that was not always the case. Children compare today with its early London incarnations and investigate what happened to the facilities after the torch was extinguished!

2012 brings with it London’s third Summer Olympic Games! In this session children find out more about the games in 1908 and those in 1948. Through research of the past they discover what made them unique in so many ways.

The second London Games were held in 1948. Again London only had 2 years to organise the games as they were awarded in 1946 after the 1944 Games were cancelled due to WWII. Children research facts and the legacy to be added to the timeline.

Remind children that London has held the Olympics twice before. The first time was in 1908. Find out why London had only two years to prepare and research facts about the Games and the legacy left by London 1908.

The Yanomami tribe has such respect for the Rainforest where they live, something not shared by those who continue to develop it. As rainforests get smaller the modern world comes ever closer. Here we track the slow erosion of traditional Yanomami life. Hamilton’s cross-curricular topics provide extensive planning resources to facilitate teaching a range of subjects under specific historical, geographic or thematic umbrellas.

Look at products that would be on weekly shopping list, consider the different ways in which these were sold – less packaging. Discuss equivalents between imperial and metric measurements and money. Children convert prices or sort foods into then and now.

Children have the opportunity to cook one course of a typical 1950s meal or to set the table. Discuss safety measures before children cook the shepherds’ pie, rice pudding or sponge pudding and custard. Will everyone have a taste of all three dishes?

During the 1940 and 50s food was rationed. Discuss the ration allowance then and compare it with what you eat now. In groups and using suggested books or resource examples children will choose and cook a ration recipe for everyone to taste. Was our diet better then?