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Photographs of Britain in the 1960s and 70s

I can use photographs to describe some features of 1960s and 1970s Britain.

New
New
Year 1

Photographs of Britain in the 1960s and 70s

I can use photographs to describe some features of 1960s and 1970s Britain.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Looking at photographs of Britain from the 1960s and 1970s can tell us about things that have changed.
  2. Photographs can tell us a lot about what people wore and the fashion during the 1960s and 1970s.
  3. A 1960s photograph of children playing outside their homes can tell us a lot about childhood in the 1960s.
  4. 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.

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.
Teacher tip

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
Put the dates in order.
1 - Victorian times
2 - 1940s and 1950s
3 - now
Q2.
Match the word to the meaning.
Correct Answer:photograph,a pictue created by a camera

a pictue created by a camera

Correct Answer:historian,someone who studies and writes about the past

someone who studies and writes about the past

Correct Answer:compare,to look for things that are the same and things that are different

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?
bungalows
Correct answer: prefabricated
brick houses
wooden houses
Q4.
Which types of transport were popular in the 1950s?
Correct answer: cars
Correct answer: buses
electric cars
horse and carts
Q5.
The Second World War ended in the ...
Victorian times
Correct answer: 1940s
1950s
Q6.
The Second World War many homes and buildings.
created
provided
Correct answer: destroyed

6 Questions

Q1.
Put the dates in order.
1 - 1940s
2 - 1950s
3 - 1960s
4 - 1970s
Q2.
Match the keyword to the meaning.
Correct Answer:fashion, the style that is popular at the time

the style that is popular at the time

Correct Answer:childhood,the period of time when someone is a child

the period of time when someone is a child

Correct Answer:protest, a formal action by people who want change

a formal action by people who want change

Q3.
Why do historians find photographs useful?
Correct answer: to learn about the past
to learn about the future
Q4.
Which clothing items were fashionable in the 1960s and 70s?
Correct answer: the mini-skirt
Correct answer: flared trousers
the tracksuit
sports leggings
Q5.
Children in the 1960s and 70s spent time playing outside with their toys.
Correct answer: True
False
Q6.
Some people in the 1960s and 70s protested because ...
They felt people were being treated fairly.
Correct answer: They felt people were being treated unfairly.

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