'The Proposed New Hospital'
Reproduced with kind permission of the Devon Record Office
Mrs Carter, one of the authors
By Ella
A Local Area resource for primary geography, history and literacy
Developed by Sue Carter and Gail Brown, Rehills Community Primary School, Cowick
in partnership with the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), Exeter. Additonal research by Philippe Planel on behalf of RAMM.
Children learn to look carefully at clues in their neighbourhood today, and uncover some of their own local history using a range of sources.
Researcher Philippe Planel says, "I'm convinced you can always do something with any locality, even if it doesn't seem fantastically rich in architecture or heritage at first glance. Cowick is no exception."
The project has six strands, Focus A to F. Use the menu on the far right of the page to move between them. The order of the strands could be rearranged to suit your group or emphasis.
FOCUS A: What is our area like today?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES Children should learn:
- that a map is a representation of an area
- to recognise some features in the local area, and to locate them on a map
- that an area may contain a mixture of old and new buildings
- that the area has changed at different times in the past
- to sequence maps in chronological order
- to use maps to help describe some of the characteristic features of the past
Lesson A1 - Investigating maps and aerial photographs
Lesson A2 - Fieldwork. A walk around the locality of the school
Lesson A3 - Now and Then
FOCUS B: What do pictures and photographs tell us about past life in our area?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES Children should learn:
- to find information about the area from studying pictures
- to question pictures as interpretations of the past
Lesson B1 - A photo-walk around the workhouse site
Lesson B2 - We call it the old hospital
Lesson B3 - A very funny shape of building
FOCUS C: Which written sources can we use? (Childhood)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES Children should learn:
- to find out about the local area in the past from different written sources
- that different kinds of written sources provide different information about the local area
Lesson C1 - What was it like to be a child in the workhouse?
FOCUS D: Which written sources can we use? (Food)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES Children should learn:
- to find out about the local area in the past from different written sources
- that different kinds of written sources provide different information about the local area
Lesson D1 - Finding out about food then and now
Lesson D2 - Comparing what we eat and what they ate in the workhouse.
FOCUS E: Which written sources can we use? (Employment)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES Children should learn:
- to find out about the local area in the past from different written sources
- that different kinds of written sources provide different information about the local area
Lesson E1 - Did people work in the workhouse?
Lesson E2 - Role playing jobs in the workhouse.
FOCUS F: Cross-curricular Literacy links
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