Key Stage: 1

Description

8 discs

A hand picked collection of programmes and clips to support the teaching of "changes within living memory".

For a list of contents please click on the disc image on the left.

Boxed set includes:

Teacher notes - detailed disc contents and useful weblinks.

Selected episodes:

Blue Peter: Titanic Special

Primary Dance - Dance Party (1900-1980) - a tour through significant 20th century dance styles.

The 1940s House - 5 episodes of the historical reality programme about a modern family that tries to live as a typical middle-class family in London during the Blitz. The family cook with rations, dress authentically and use only things that were invented at the time.

Turn Back Time: The Family - 5 episodes charting the evolution of the British family through genealogy and living history as three modern day families find out what life was like across five eras of the 20th century: Edwardian, interwar, 1940, 1960 and 1970.

Back in Time for Dinner - 5 episodes following one British family as they embark on an extraordinary time-travelling adventure to discover how a post-war revolution in the food we eat has changed the way we live. The family's house, clothes and occupations are changed to suit the era and they can only consume the food of the period. They visit each decade from the 1950s to the 1990s.

Watch: Toys with Magic Grandad - A three-part series in which two young children are transported back in time with their magic Grandad to find out all about toys in the past.

Lisa Looks Back - A five-part story-based schools history series which introduces the topic of life in the recent past in Northern Ireland. During a weekend visit to her grandparents, a young girl is treated to a wealth of stories and memories learning about shopping, food, hygiene, leisure, exercise, entertainment, toys, farming, the war, transport, holidays, technology, discipline and buildings in the past.

Selected clips on the following themes:

Home, music, inventions, shopping, holidays, fun and events in the 20th century.

We make every effort to ensure resources are appropriate for school use, however please watch prior to use to ensure suitability for your class.