Lesson observation help!

[camsie]

Hi, I have a lesson obs this week on History and my head feels really muddled so I'd love some feedback on my garbled ideas please! I though the LO could be comparing Ancient Egypt to modern Egypt
as we are coming to the end of our topic.

Maybe have a Venn diagram to sort statements into, then give the children six sub-headings ( death, farming etc) and ask them to use iPads/ topic books to research and write about two then feedback to the class at the end. LA to have picture prompts and a wordmat to help.

Or could they write a postcard from Ancient Egypt, including some elements which have changed- schooling etc? I think I'm not clear what the outcome should be and how I should differentiate....any help much appreciated!

TIA

[TheLateMrsLizCromwell]

What is the LO? What you have described is what will happen in the lesson, not what the objective is. What do you want them to achieve?

[camsie]

The lesson objective would be to compare what they already know about Ancient Egypt to what they know about modern Egypt...it's almost pulling together what they know but it's then tricky to show new learning.

Do you think it's a duff idea? I still have time to go back to the drawing board.

Thanks for replying!

[noblegiraffe]

You are thinking of activities with no clear idea of what you want them to learn, or be able to demonstrate at the end of the lesson to show they have made progress. Don't go thinking of activities until that is clear in your mind.

So, you want them to be able to compare modern to Ancient Egypt. That's quite tricky as they probably don't know much about modern Egypt (do you?) and resources (it sounds like primary) would probably be above their level. Could they compare ancient Egypt to how they live instead?

Pick some areas that they have studied. What is different? What has stayed the same? How do you want the kids to demonstrate their findings?

[camsie]

Yeah, I think you're right. I'm approaching it from activities and hence, it's not clear in my head. I think I'm going to leave it and think of a maths lesson instead. If it's this tricky at this stage then it's probably time to re-think!

Thank you both for your input.

[noblegiraffe]

There are lots of resources on ancient Egyptian numbers and arithmetic if you want a cross-curricular option!

[Justtoobad]

Plus cross-curricular you could get them to make up their own pyramid (shape) then think about what the rich would bury in there, as compared with the poor or slaves (history) then think about beliefs (re) and then have inscriptions on the tombs (literacy) and think about society as a whole and how everyone followed the same set of rules and so it meant Egypt was stable and could be a super power (modern word) for so long, you could even link with Cleopatra (women's rights).

If you had a day to teach!