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Toys Past and Present
Toys Past and Present

Toys Past and Present

Engage Year 1 learners in Toys Past and Present with this printable lesson. Aligned to the England National Curriculum KS1 History programme of study. Built with Chalkie.ai. Free to edit, present, and share.

Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole
Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole

Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole

Strengthen Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole understanding with this free Year 1 lesson. Aligned to the England National Curriculum KS1 History programme of study. Free to edit and download on Chalkie.ai.

The Moon Landing
The Moon Landing

The Moon Landing

This editable Year 1 lesson focuses on The Moon Landing. Aligned to the England National Curriculum KS1 History programme of study. Try Chalkie.ai free to create your own version.

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Three Year 1 history lessons covering popular Key Stage 1 units: Toys Past and Present, Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole, and The Moon Landing. Together they span the main strands of the KS1 history programme of study: changes within living memory, the lives of significant individuals, and events beyond living memory.

Each slide deck is built for presenting in class, with pictures, sources and talk prompts that help young pupils develop a sense of chronology and compare past and present. The lessons are aligned to the England National Curriculum, so the enquiry in each unit matches what Year 1 pupils are expected to explore.

Open any of these Year 1 history lessons in Chalkie to make them your own: add photographs of toys your pupils brought in, adjust the vocabulary, or regenerate slides to extend the unit. Editing takes minutes, which leaves more time for the storytelling that makes infant history memorable.

What Year 1 History covers

  • Toys Past and Present

    Pupils explore changes within living memory by comparing toys from the past with the toys children play with today.

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  • Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole

    Pupils study the lives of significant individuals, comparing how Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole contributed to nursing and national life.

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  • The Moon Landing

    Pupils learn about events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally, through the story of the 1969 Moon landing.

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