Lesson Planning
Quills and ink!
Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of
Great Fire of London - NEW LOOK Diaries - NEW LOOK
Objectives
History
- To understand the significance that diaries play in providing information to aid our understanding of the past.
- To produce individual, ‘historic’ diaries.
Enquiry question
How do we record information differently now compared to 1666?
Outcomes
Children will:
- Understand how writing implements have changed over the years.
- Write a realistic page from a diary as if written during the Great Fire of London.
Provided Resources
There are no resources provided for this session.
You Will Also Need
Group photos from session 3 and speech bubbles
A4 paper tea stained to look old (prepared before hand), folded in half
Plastic drinking straws
Ink or paint thinned with water, small containers for the ink
Coloured feathers
Basket or bin
Sellotape, glue, pencils
Weblinks
Instructions for making a simple quill pen