1C History Explorers

Lesson: History

Class: Year 1 - 1C Year: 2021 - 2022

In our history unit this term, we have been learning all about two very famous explorers.

Christopher Columbus. First, to generate a discussion around who our first mystery person could be, we looked at some artefacts to give us some clues. We discovered that this mystery person must have been a traveller. We thought this because there was a compass, a globe, a map and a telescope. Our next task was to think of some questions that we would like to ask this person. We used open-ended questions so that we could find out more about them. Next, we were introduced to a portrait of Christopher Columbus and watched a short video about one of his most famous voyages. We learnt a lot of facts about him and created a simple fact-file. Here are some below;

Once we had learned all about Christopher Columbus' voyage, we made comparisons about his journey a present-day sea journey.

We discovered that we would much prefer a modern-day sea journey!!!

Our next famous explorer was Neil Armstrong. We found out that he was the first man to ever walk on the moon!!!!! We watched footage of his famous mission, looked at what the surface of the moon is like (it is NOT made from cheese!). We created a list of all of the things that Armstrong would have needed to take to the moon with him.

Our final task was to compare the two explorers and their missions. We compared the places that they went, how they travelled, what they accomplished and how people remember them now! We discovered that although Christopher Columbus was popular at first because he  found the Americas, once people found out that he had stolen all of the people's riches and made the locals do ALL of the horrid jobs on board his ship, people changed their opinion of him. Neil Armstrong was very popular and people really liked him, his mission changed the world for ever!!!