Time safe
Main Subject
Key stage
Category
Society: History
Resource type
Student activity
Skills
Speaking
Discussion on the things we would save to show to future generations. A thought-provoking way of doing fluency work on the subjects of books, media, music, politics, art and fashion.
An extract from the lesson plan:
Steps
- Explain to the class what a time safe is – a box containing a collection of items that represent the period we live in. It is buried in the ground so that future generations will be able to understand how we used to live.
- Put the students in groups of four. Tell them they are going to prepare a selection of items to put into their own time safe.
- Allow the groups ten minutes to make an initial selection of items. Collect together ideas from the various groups and make a list on the board of the kinds of items the class suggest, for example: a photograph, a newspaper article, a music CD, a household gadget, a list of the most popular films and videos of the month, an item of clothing, advertisements etc.
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