Session 5 class organized into groups of four (I asked the kids to move the desks into squares, they were joined together from being in a long line) and gave out four pictures to each table. They had to title the photo; describe it; and guess the year. I had a range of photos (fashion, culture, sport, important event, politics) from 1950 to 2000.
Once they had identified all the pictures on their table they had to get up & move to another table & investigate the pictures they found there.There was a little sense of chaos as the childrend then freely moved about and chatted with each other, but generally they all stuck to the task and were busy sharing knowledge.
Teacher was impressed with their knowledge of recent historical events & their detective skills in working out approx yrs for the photos and how/what the pic showed. For instance they knew Hillsbourough disaster (football fans & that it was the 20ys commemoration this yr; one know about the atomic bomb & how it had ended WWII; one know exact date of Sept 11th 2001 attack on twin towers – they remembered they was three and on holiday when it happened). They also deduced things like the war in Afghanistan
Feedback for session from teacher and teaching assistant was very positive.
