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Lesson plan: Our days
From the Your World, My World online
resource
Age group: 4 - 7
Aims:
To explore similarities and differences in daily lives.
To encourage empathy and understanding about children living in
different countries.
What to do:
You will need:
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a copy of Shakeel's
story;
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all the photos from the photo
gallery (except for numbers 1 and 13) with the captions
cut out and attached. Divide the photos into two sets; set A:
photos 19-24; set B: the remaining photos;
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large sheets of paper with
different times of day written on them (morning, afternoon,
evening, night) displayed on the walls of the class;
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blutak, paper for children
to draw on, pencils, crayons etc.
Read out Shakeel's story and as you come to each photo hold it
up for the class to see. Talk about what is familiar to the children
and ask them what the similarities and differences are between
their lives and Shakeel's. Encourage children to find the similarities
that might not be so obvious at first sight - for example, many
children look after pets and help out at home, though they are
unlikely to have goats.
Now talk about the different times of day - morning, afternoon,
evening, and night. Place the photos of Shakeel under the appropriate
headings on the classroom wall. What do children in the class
do at these times of day? Talk about things that children do every
day, and things that they do only occasionally. Now put up the
photos of the other children around the room. Talk about what
Muluken, Sasha and Cidinha do at different times of the day.
Finally, ask each child to do a drawing of something they do during
the day, and to write or dictate what they are doing. Ask them
to do a drawing of Muluken, Cidinha, Sasha, or Shakeel, doing
a daily activity too.
Bring all the pictures together and create a frieze containing
the pictures in sequence through the different times of day.
Other ideas:
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Instead of creating a frieze, children can make
story-boards. Draw four numbered frames on a sheet of paper
and ask them
to fill in each one sequentially with an activity for each
part of the day
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Ask children to mime actions that occur in the
photos or in their own daily lives. Others should guess
what they are
doing and what time of day it is.
Curriculum links:
| England |
Scotland |
Wales |
| Citizenship/PSHE:
- To listen to other people, and work and play co-operatively.
- To identify and respect the differences and similarities
between people.
English:
- Speaking and listening.
- Group discussion and interaction. |
Environmental Studies, Social subjects:
- People and place - describe features of their daily routine.
- Enquiry - present work to class by contributing to a classroom
display.
- Developing informed attitudes - cultural and social diversity.
English:
- Listening in order to respond to texts. |
PSE:
- To listen to other people, and work and play co-operatively.
- To identify and respect the differences and similarities
between people.
English:
- Speaking and listening.
- Group discussion and interaction. |
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