Year 2 Historians and Geographers!

🏘 Continuing our IPC topic 'Buildings,' Year 2 have been putting on their 'Historian Hats' to consider how homes have changed over time. Extending their understanding of chronology and the impact of technology, they worked in pairs to sequence examples of homes and buildings from the past. There was much discussion about the materials used and how the use of electricity has affected our daily lives.

This video explains some of the changes in recent history.

🌍 Then Year 2 became Great Geographers by comparing homes from around the world, from igloos to houseboats and apartment blocks to tree-houses! They thought about why people lived in different types of homes, for example their culture, the weather, the landscape and the available materials. It was challenging to work out where famous landmarks belonged on the world map. It was also interesting to get an insight into how other people live and has ignited curiosity about the world around us!

We used this BBC website for our research.