Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson pupils should:

• as per Week 1

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Resources

• Powerpoint: 'human evolution'

• pictures of hominid/human skulls

• Film: 'man's place in the evolutionary tree'

• playscript 'The Great Debate'

 

Vocabulary

as per Week 1

 

Starter activity 

1. Class Discussion:

How long do the children think man has been on earth?

 

Main activities 

1. Class Activity: 

Watch Powerpoint: 'human evolution'.

 

2. Group Activity:

Sequence pictures of hominid/human skulls. Share results with class.

 

3. Individual Activity:

Make a timeline of human evolution (using last slide of Powerpoint above as reference).

 

4. Class Activity:

Watch film: 'man's place in the evolutionary tree'

 

5. Class Activity:

Use the short playscript 'The Great Debate' to act out the opposing reactions to Darwin's theory of evolution.

 

Plenary activity 

Q: What if Darwin hadn't sailed on the Beagle expedition?

Assessment

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Downloadable lesson plan and resources