These two famous people are linked by the theme of communication; spreading the word. Tim Berners-Lee founder of the world wide web could also be mentioned to bring the topic up-to-date, but his life will prove less interesting to study in detail than the other too even if superficially it looks more ‘relevant’.
With the Spreading the Word topic the medium-term plan is close to completion. Subscribers can request a draft version from January 2016. The planner will contain three key questions on each person along with resourced ‘killer activities’ such as the ones shown below:
Killer activity 1: slow reveal
Instead of telling pupils what our famous person did, try building an air of mystery. At its simplest, try a slow reveal of Caxton at work doing what he is best remembered for-printing. But most pupils will not know what a printing press is or how it works. All
