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Landscape Activity in the Classroom

Do and Reflect: Find a photo/image of a landscape in Scotland. Using What? Where? When? Why? Who? How? Sheet, create a list of possible questions.

How would I use this activity in a Primary Classroom?

 Here is a rough guide to what I have been thinking on this TDT. This is not laid out as a lesson plan as of yet- just ideas.

WHAT: Ben Lomond

WHERE: Eastern Shore of Loch Lomond, Scottish Highlands

WHEN: Winter, at sunset.

WHY:

Snow on the mountains - weather and seasons/geography.

Sunset- weather/geography.

Contrast of colours - art.

Scottish Munros - history.

Location in Scotland - geography.

 HOW: Freelance photographer with a camera.

QUESTIONS:

What colours can you see? Do these colours suggest what season it may be?

Which country?

What time of day is it? What time of day may it be elsewhere?

What is in the picture?

What is the objects use?

What is the history behind the location?

How old?

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Visiting Archives

On a visit to the Archives at Dundee University, I was able to get more of an insight into the purpose of archives and why we can use them to explore our history. The visit was very beneficial as originally when we had heard about the resources available on our University grounds, I was unsure of how we could use them in a primary school environment.

When we got to explore the archives for our self, I found myself intrigued in a loom book from many years ago. Although I was intrigued, I couldn't help but imagine the children in primary schools not being as interested. However, I can imagine as a teacher, letting the children see the original archive but maybe using a photocopier and doing some redrafting to make the font and perhaps some of the vocabulary used much simpler to understand.

Another group at my table had a collection of pictures from Dundee city centre many years ago. They were able to figure out the locations of the pictures- although the places look very different now in current day. We figured a nice activity with primary school children would be for them to try their best to figure out where the places are, do some comparisons to current day, explore the history of the places as a fun bonus activity they could draw or create what they think the locations will look like in 50 years.

More examples of archives were placed around the room, however as it was a short visit, I think I would need to go along for a visit again either alone or with some other students to explore freely in my own time.