Starter quiz
- Which of the following countries are in Britain?
- Spain
- England ✓
- Scotland ✓
- Wales ✓
- France
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- Put the dates in order.
- 1⇔1930
- 2⇔1940
- 3⇔1950
- 4⇔1960
- What is an historian?
- someone who learns and writes about the past ✓
- someone who learns and writes about mathematics
- someone who learns and writes about medicine
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- Photographs are created using a ...
- camera. ✓
- toaster.
- lawn mower.
- paint brush.
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- Photographs can tell us about ...
- the past ✓
- the present
- the future
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- Match the word to the meaning.
- photography⇔the process of taking a photo ✓
- photograph⇔a picture created by a camera ✓
- photographer⇔someone who takes photographs ✓
Exit quiz
- Which of the following types of transport were popular in the 1950s?
- tram ✓
- bus ✓
- electric cars
- cars ✓
- horse and cart
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- What is a prefabricated house?
- a house made in a factory ✓
- a house made in the sea
- a house made in the forest
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- Which items were popular in a 1950s kitchen?
- electric kettle ✓
- fridge ✓
- air fryer
- microwave
- hob ✓
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- Why were lots of new houses needed quickly in Britain during the 1940s?
- Bombs from the Second World War had destroyed many houses. ✓
- An earthquake had destroyed many houses.
- A big flood had destroyed many houses.
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- Photographs help historians to learn about ...
- the past ✓
- the future
- the present
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- Put the events in order.
- 1⇔Queen Victoria died.
- 2⇔The Second World War
- 3⇔Queen Elizabeth II became Queen.
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Key learning points
- Looking at photographs of Britain from the 1940s and 1950s can tell us a lot about that time.
- Photographs of bomb damage and new types of housing can tell us about the effects of the Second World War.
- Photographs of kitchens can show us what life at home was like in the 1950s.
- Photographs of busy streets in London and Leeds can tell us about the sorts of transport people used.
- All of these photographs can tell us about things that have changed or stayed the same since these times.
Common misconception
The Second World War was happening in the 1950's.
Explain to the children that the Second World War ended half way through the 1940's. In the 1950's people and cities were recovering from the effects of the war. New houses, technology and transport was available.
Keywords
Second world war - the Second World War was a war between lots of countries around the world that took place between 1939 and 1945
Prefabricated - prefabricated houses are built in a factory and then transported to the final location on a lorry
Transport - transport is the method by which people or goods are moved from one place to another
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