Varied introduction to the Moon Landing topic with pupils actively involved in sequencing, speculating and then the killer activity called Prove it in which they have to use a gallery of visual clues to find evidence to prove that man really did go to the moon.
Learning objectives
- Pupils can combine clues to infer what the mystery picture might be.
- Pupils are able to make links between the astronauts and other pioneers of flight.
- Pupils can place the First Moon Landing approximately on a timeline of the last 100 years.
- Pupils are able to consider the type of evidence available to historians studying the Moon landing of 1969.
- They can match statements to specific pieces of evidence.
- Pupils understand that people are sceptical as to whether it ever happened and know some reasons why (flag, footprint etc)
Step 1
If you haven’t already told the pupils what their new topic
