fashion is the style that is popular at the time

the period of time when someone is a child is their childhood

a protest is when people take action because there is something they want to be changed

Photographs of Britain in the 1960s and 70s

History

The invention of photography

The challenges of early photography

A family portrait from 140 years ago

Late Victorian seaside photographs

Photographs of Britain in the 1940s and 50s

In ‘Photographs from history: what can they tell us about Britain's recent past?’ pupils build on another aspect from EYFS: understanding the past, doing so through looking at historic photographs. In ‘Traditional stories: what do they tell us about the distant past?’ pupils move to the distant past in order to start building their chronological framework by hearing traditional historical stories.

In ‘Elizabeth II: what was her life like?’ pupils began their study of history as a distinct subject by studying the life of a specific person and their role in society. In ‘Photographs from history: what can they tell us about Britain's recent past?’ pupils build on another aspect from EYFS: understanding the past, doing so through looking at historic photographs.

This unit explores photography as a recent invention that records history, highlighting early photos of lost ways of life and the challenges of early 20th-century photography. Students learn about changes in recent history, including food, clothing, and more, through photos from the past century.

Photographs from history: what can they tell us about Britain's recent past?

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

the period of time when someone is a child 

 a formal action by people who want change

Why do historians find photographs useful?

Which clothing items were fashionable in the 1960s and 70s?

Children in the 1960s and 70s spent time playing outside with their toys.

They felt people were being treated fairly.

They felt people were being treated unfairly.

Some people in the 1960s and 70s protested because ...

someone who studies and writes about the past

to look for things that are the same and things that are different

Which type of houses were used to replace homes that had been destroyed in the Second World War?

Which types of transport were popular in the 1950s?

The Second World War {{ }} many homes and buildings.

Photographs of Britain in the 1960s and 70s

Lesson outcome

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