A Year 2 history word search for a transport unit taught to the England National Curriculum. The first of its two pages holds a 10 by 10 grid and eight words: boat, cart, coach, horse, plane, rocket, steam and train. The words run across or down only. The second page is the answer key, with the start and end square for each word.
Changes within living memory
“Changes within living memory. Where appropriate, these should be used to reveal aspects of change in national life”
The word list spans old and new travel, from horse and cart to plane, so pupils can sort the words by age after the search. The puzzle itself only asks them to find the words.
Events beyond living memory
“Events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally [for example, the Great Fire of London, the first aeroplane flight or events commemorated through festivals or anniversaries]”
Steam, train and rocket point to the first railways and space travel. The sheet names them but does not teach the events.
Pupils circle eight words in a 10 by 10 grid. Boat, horse and train run across, and cart, coach, plane, rocket and steam run down.
Each word's start and end square, and whether it runs across or down.
Vocabulary check
Use it at the start of the unit to see which transport words pupils can already read.
Sort afterwards
Once the grid is done, ask pupils to put the eight words in order from oldest to newest.
Wet play
Keep a few copies in the box for wet play during the transport topic.
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