How Did we Learn to Fly?
Year 2
Unit Overview
Developing their knowledge of events beyond living memory and reinforcing their chronological understanding by looking at significant events in the history of flight on a timeline. Learning about the individuals who contributed to the history of flight.
Unit Sequence: Learning Intentions
Who were the Wright brothers? - To find out about the Wright brothers.
When was the first flight? - To develop an understanding of historical significance.
Why was Bessie Coleman significant? - To investigate why Bessie Coleman is significant.
Why is Amelia Earhart significant? To develop an understanding of primary sources.
Why was the Moon landing special? - To investigate why we remember the Moon landing.
How did we learn to fly? - To place events on a timeline.
❇ SUBSTANTIVE CONCEPTS
Achievements and follies of mankind
❇ DISCIPLINARY CONPCEPTS
Change and continuity
Similarities and differences
Sources of evidence
Historical significance
❇ HISTORICAL VOCABULARY
beyond living memory
decade
evidence
eyewitness
flight
historic
historically significant
inventor
living memory
past
present
primary source
source
❇ MEMORABLE MOMENT
Place events on a timeline from the modern day back to the first flight
️✏️ WRITING OPPORTUNITIES
Using sources, write facts we have learnt about aviators. Write down any questions we still have about aviators.
🌳 LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
Make paper planes to investigate the best designs
🏁 BIG FINISH
To write a short diary entry about a significant aviation event.
📖 FOCUS TEXT(S)
Taking Flight: How the Wright Brothers Conquered the Skies by Adam Hancher
Amelia Earhart: Little People; Big Dreams
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