The 1900s: wars and rockets: 6th to 8th people & places
The 1900s: two world wars, polar journeys and the space age. A free 6th to 8th lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: the 1900s: two world wars, polar journeys and the space age.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: How did the world change in the 1900s?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (15 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: the 1900s: wars and rockets.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner or a small group the idea in their own words.
Practise (20 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Read: A Word of Welsh (https://peabody.kids/library/a-word-of-welsh)
- Read: The Ice-Crushed Endurance (https://peabody.kids/library/the-ice-crushed-endurance)
- Read: Trouble on Apollo 13 (https://peabody.kids/library/the-trip-home-from-apollo-13)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about the 1900s: wars and rockets, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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