Key Stage One : History : Grace Darling


This history scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate and record how life was different in the past from today by exploring the story of Grace Darling and the rescue of the Forfarshire. The class can write diaries, letters and play scripts to explore some of the events during the rescue by Grace Darling.

Investigate and record how life was different in the past from today by exploring the story of Grace Darling and the rescue of the Forfarshire

Lesson One : Lighthouses

Plan and write a diary entry to describe the range of jobs and routines performed by a lighthouse keeper

Lesson Two : Sea Dangers

Explore and record some of the dangers and hazards associated with working and living by the sea

Lesson Three : Grace Darling’s Home

Explore and record the background history to the story of the sea rescue performed by Grace Darling

Lesson Four : Sea Rescue

Storyboard and sequence the main events in the story of Grace Darling and the sea rescue she performed with her father

Lesson Five : Survivors

Suggest and record how the survivors from the shipwreck might have responded to the rescue by the Darling family

Lesson Six : Dear Grace Darling

Plan and write a letter in character to explore and record information about an historical event in the past

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