Teaching Resources

Time Tourists Topics

History Key Stage 2 – Britain since 1930

  • A study of the impact of the Second World War or on the lives of men, women and children from different sections of society. (11b)

Equipment
To make best use of this site in your classroom you will need:

  • LCD data projector with whiteboard, or enough computers for children to work in small groups
  • Speakers or headphones
  • Writing and drawing materials
  • If wishing to use the activity without computers, you will need to print out the images you wish to use and their corresponding clues

Objective
Time Tourists encourages children to consider WW2’s impact on the people of Swansea and Hartlepool; it also encourages and understanding of Chronology. By becoming ‘virtual tourists’ children imaginatively transport themselves through time and space to report on the scenes behind the images taken from museum collections.

Time Required
One full lesson

Suggested Classroom Activities
We recommend that you begin your session by working through the PowerPoint Presentation which contains copies of all images used in the online activity. If possible print out the images and clues onto A4 paper and give to children working in small groups. There are twelve images in the presentation.

Ask children what they think is happening; what the story behind the images is. Use the clues to trigger ideas and discussion.

For example, children can imagine themselves standing alongside Winston Churchill during his visit to a bomb torn Swansea; they can become firemen trying to save the lives of men and women trapped inside a popular furniture store in Hartlepool.

This is an excellent way to bring history to life and to encourage children to really consider the impact of war on lives – not just their own, but the people they meet on their time tours (rich, poor, disadvantaged or disabled).

Having introduced the activity by using the whiteboard PowerPoint presentation, you can divide the class into groups to work on their computers. Encourage them to feel like time tourists in every sense (do they need to think about package meals on their trip; will they be able to buy any food once they are there?!).

In our trials, one child who ‘visited’ Swansea as a fire fighter described how he could save lives and then fit in buying some sweets – a thought swiftly disabused by the teacher!

By breaking the class up into small groups, discussion and questioning can be greatly encouraged. G&T students can be stretched by using the internet to search for more detailed background information, source similar images and artefacts or track down oral histories which could add to the class’s work.
All clues are replicated by the spoken word for children who have difficulty in reading on-screen text or prefer the auditory experience.

Extension Activities
This activity encourages children to immerse themselves in history; once they have finished playing the online game you have a chance to extend their thinking by reminding them that war was affecting people right across Europe.

Equally interesting is to introduce the impact of WW2 on the citizens of the British Commonwealth who, whilst not being directly involved, were asked to make many sacrifices on our behalf.

This approach offers a way into giving a sense of chronology in history. Even the ‘time journey’ itself provides a starting point – counting backwards down the years from the present to the past. What happened on the backwards journey as the children moved through the 20th Century? Could they have watched TV backwards or seen their parents getting married and then going to school for the first time?

For gifted and talented pupils, this theme could be enlarged to involve them in the writing of a film storyboard taking like backwards – right up to the moment when one of the characters in an image of their choice is born.

Assessment
The worksheets included in this site can be used as part of your methodology for assessment of understanding, knowledge and skills. (note this section to be completed once teacher testing complete so we can incorporate teacher input)

History Key stage 3 – A world study after 1900

  • A study of WW2 and its impact on Britain, Europe and the wider world. (13)
  • A local history study

Equipment
To make best use of this site in your classroom you will need:

  • LCD data projector with whiteboard, or enough computers for children to work in small groups
  • Speakers or headphones
  • Writing and drawing materials
  • If wishing to use the activity without computers, you will need to print out the images you wish to use and their corresponding clues

Objective
Time Tourists offers a very stimulating approach to exploring their own local history. Children can play the online activity, dig deeper into the lives of the people of Swansea and Hartlepool – and then design a time trip for other tourists to their own locality using local sourced images and artefacts.

Time Required
One full lesson in the computer suite, or during homework
One full class lesson

Suggested Classroom Activities
In designing a ‘time trip’ into the past children will have to know as much as possible about the slice of time for which they are designing.

Different groups can explore different time tours, perhaps offering a multi-tip package to Swansea, Hartlepool and their own localities. The local museum or education office might be glad to help put together a local ‘time tour’ for interested pupils.

By breaking the class up into small groups, discussion and questioning can be greatly encouraged. G&T students can be stretched by using the internet to search for more detailed background information, source similar images and artefacts or track down oral histories which could add to the class’s work.
All clues are replicated by the spoken word for children who have difficulty in reading on-screen text or prefer the auditory experience.

Extension Activities
For gifted and talented, the opportunity to work on a extended time tour of their locality, or even their school, can be encouraged. They can use the wall to plot out their time tour with images, artefacts, stories, posters and other creative tools.

Perhaps a whole school or assembly theme could follow on with children in different groups presenting their time tours in costume. A whole weekend could see the school converted into a ‘time machine’ with children presenting their time tours to parents!

Assessment
The worksheets included in this site can be used as part of your methodology for assessment of understanding, knowledge and skills. (note this section to be completed once teacher testing complete so we can incorporate teacher input)

WORD Worksheets

Worksheet 4 : Connections Worksheet KS3: A simple template encouraging pupils to extend their comparisons to include images from their own local history study.

Worksheet 4 (KS3): Connections – Local history

In each of the boxes paste a photo from your local history study. Under each story write a short description such as “Fred with his gas mask”

Time Tourist Worksheet 5: KS2: A simple template where pupils can paste in the images they wish to offer in a time tours package, and give reasons for doing so

Worksheet 5 (KS2): Time Tours

In each of the boxes on the left hand side paste a photo from Time Tours, one the right hand side give the reason why you chose it. We have completed one for you.

Photo Why it’s here
(38) Mulgrave Castle 1939 The war has started.The children have been sent evacuated.They are frightened.

Time Tourists Worksheet 6: KS3: A blank chronological chart to help pupils plot out their time tours into the locality

Worksheet 6 (KS3): Time Tourists – The passing years

Select six photos from your local research. Try to put them in the order they happened to create a time line and then write a short description of what is happening in each photo.

Photo Description