A relatively short session exploring Amelia’s motivation starts with pupils drawing on their prior knowledge to consider why she took such risks, followed by an analysis of a few simply worded quotes in her own words, then a teacher-in-role hot seating activity, finishing with a prioritising Diamond 4 activity which is recorded on a simple speech bubble sheet.
Learning objectives
- Pupils are able to draw on their prior knowledge to suggest a few possible reasons for her actions
- They are able to interpret a few quotations from Amelia before
- Posing a few relevant questions to teacher-in-role
- Identify the most important reasons from a list of possible ideas
Step 1
Pose the overarching question: Why on earth would Amelia take such risks with her life doing what no other woman had ever done in fairly rickety planes?
Ask pupils to discuss briefly in pairs so they develop confidence to offer a possible answer
Step 2
Having fielded pupils’ initial ideas, introduce the quotations on slide 2 of the Powerpoint. What do they tell us about her motivation?
Step 3
Now ask pupils to imagine that they have Amelia in the room ( teacher-in-role), what questions would they like to ask? Give
