SOCIAL STUDIES Amber Davis

AIMS OF THIS PRESENTATION Theme for assignment

Artefact that I have chosen

Planning the lessons

School visits

Things I need to develop

How this has had a positive impact on my assignment preparation

CONFLICT AND PEACE Very important that children have an understanding of the world around

them.

Lots of opportunities for learning

Two main questions for thought…

1. Why do conflicts arise, how do they develop, and how are they resolved?

2. How do conflicts affect communities?

Focusing on the theme of Remembrance

THEME FOR THE LESSONS I decided to focus the lessons around Remembrance Day as it was a fitting

theme and is only a few weeks away.

In order to do this we needed to go back to where it all started

The Great War

I Needed to find some artefacts first

THE ARTEFACTS I couldn’t just pick one!!!!

CONTINUED… Originally the helmet was going to be the main artefact, however there was

so much learning that could have been taken from the rest of the artefacts so I decided to use them all.

The artefacts all piece together a true story

William James Pirie

Fought in the Bore war and The Great War

Died in November 1917

8th Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders

Buried in the Loos memorial

Rank when killed: Company Sergeant Major

LESSON 1Previous experience:

Brief knowledge of WW1 and what Remembrance day is for.

Experiences and outcomes:

By exploring places, investigating artefacts and locating them in time, I have developed and awareness of the ways we remember and preserve Scotland’s history. SOC 1-02a

As I write for different purposes and readers, I can describe and share my experiences, expressing what they made me thing about and how they made me feel. ENG 2-30a.

(Switch to PP)

LESSON 2 Focusing on the act of remembrance

Why do we have remembrance

Where did is come from?- Flanders fields, John McCrae, 11:11:11

Looking at the significance of the Poppy: in Scotland, Lady Haig

Looking at what happens during a remembrance service

Looking at different types of memorials/ cenotaphs

TASKS:

Design a war memorial

Poetry challenge

LESSON 3 Planning a remembrance service with the p7 class!

Great active lesson

Children all need to work together to put together a sort of ‘mini show’

REFLECTION Overall the children responded well to the first lesson

The artefacts helped to get them engaged and interested especially when they were wrapped up.

It was a shame that they had not covered WW1 as at times I felt they were quite confused.

The lesson allowed for lots of class and group discussion.