Photographs of Britain in the 1960s and 70s
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use photographs to describe some features of 1960s and 1970s Britain.
Key learning points
- Looking at photographs of Britain from the 1960s and 1970s can tell us about things that have changed.
- Photographs can tell us a lot about what people wore and the fashion during the 1960s and 1970s.
- A 1960s photograph of children playing outside their homes can tell us a lot about childhood in the 1960s.
- Photographs of protests can show us how some people were not treated fairly in the 1960s and 1970s.
Keywords
Fashion - fashion is the style that is popular at the time
Childhood - the period of time when someone is a child is their childhood
Protest - a protest is when people take action because there is something they want to be changed
Common misconception
That photographs are the only way to find out about the 1960s and 1970s.
Explain that photographs are one source that historians can use. They also look at written evidence such as newspaper articles and diaries. They can talk to people who were alive in the 1960s and 1970s and look at artefacts.
Teacher tip
To enable children to compare the 1960s and 1970s with now, discuss what they like to wear now, what their childhood is like and if they think people are all treated fairly today. Encourage children to ask their great-grandparents about the 1960s and 1970s.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Put the dates in order.
Q2.Match the word to the meaning.
a pictue created by a camera
someone who studies and writes about the past
to look for things that are the same and things that are different
Q3.Which type of houses were used to replace homes that had been destroyed in the Second World War?
Q4.Which types of transport were popular in the 1950s?
Q5.The Second World War ended in the ...
Q6.The Second World War many homes and buildings.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Put the dates in order.
Q2.Match the keyword to the meaning.
the style that is popular at the time
the period of time when someone is a child
a formal action by people who want change
Q3.Why do historians find photographs useful?
Q4.Which clothing items were fashionable in the 1960s and 70s?
Q5.Children in the 1960s and 70s spent time playing outside with their toys.
Q6.Some people in the 1960s and 70s protested because ...
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