Leisure and Entertainment

History | UKS2 | Planning Overview

Introduction
In this unit about leisure and entertainment, children will develop their knowledge of modern British history and understanding of
changes over time. Throughout the unit, they will be encouraged to think about the impact of leisure and entertainment on society
and people’s everyday lives. They will learn about how changes to working hours and pay gave people more capacity to afford
holidays, more time to play sport and follow their musical interests. Children will also come to understand how changes over time
in technology improved access to music, movies, television and gaming in the 20th century. When learning about holidays, children
will explore primary and secondary sources to understand people’s experiences at the seaside, at holiday camps and on holidays
abroad. Children will then develop their chronological knowledge while learning about how professional sport became more
accessible to many in the 20th century and how television meant that people could watch sport more easily. When learning about
music in the 20th century, children will gain an understanding of how music technology developed before going on to research
trends in music during different decades. Then, children will learn about how cinema became a popular form of entertainment.
Towards the end of the unit, children will use the knowledge they have acquired to draw their own conclusions about the role of
television in people’s lives and which aspects of leisure and entertainment they think had the most impact. Studying leisure and
entertainment will allow children to develop their understanding of ‘leisure’ as a concept, give them a deeper understanding of
change over time and allow them to draw comparisons with their own time.

Home Learning
Holiday Postcards Gaming Memories
In this task, children write postcards from a holiday in the In this task, children carry out interviews of an adult at home or
20th century to demonstrate their understanding of the features school (which can be done in preparation for lesson 6) about
of holidays in this period. gaming history. After asking questions about the types of
games adults used to play, they create and ask two of their
own questions.

Assessment Statements
By the end of this unit...
Working Towards the Expected Level:
• With some support, children can identify and note
connections, contrasts and trends over time in
holidays.
• With support, children can order an increasing
number of significant events in sport on a timeline
of the 20th century.
• With some support, children can select relevant
sections of information to address historically valid
questions about music in the 1990s.
• With support, children can organise and
communicate information about the golden age of
cinema.
• With some support, children can use their historical
knowledge to defend the argument that television
was the most important change in leisure and
entertainment in the 20th century.
• With support, children form an opinion of the most
important aspects of leisure and entertainment
in the 20th century and communicate their ideas
through a persuasive poster.

Working At the Expected Level:

• Children can identify and note connections, contrasts
and trends over time in holidays.
• Children can order an increasing number of significant
events in sport on a timeline of the 20th century.
• Children can select relevant sections of information to
address historically valid questions about a musical
decade of the 20th century.
• Children can can organise and communicate
information about the golden age of cinema.
• Children can use their historical knowledge from
previous lessons to construct opinions about the
effect of television on leisure and entertainment.
• Children form an opinion of the most important
aspects of leisure and entertainment in the 20th
century and communicate their ideas through a
persuasive poster.

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Assessment Statements

Working At Greater Depth:

• Children can confidently identify and note
connections, contrasts and trends over time in
holidays and make links to wider events in the 20th
century.
• Children can independently order an increasing
number of significant events in sport on a timeline
of the 20th century and explain the significance of
some of these events.
• Children can confidently select relevant sections of
information to address historically valid questions
about a musical decade of the 20th century and begin
to suggest the effect of music on people at the time.
• Children can can organise and communicate
information about the golden age of cinema in its
wider historical context.
• Children can confidently use historical knowledge
and begin to use evidence to construct opinions
about the effect of television on leisure and
entertainment.
• Children can confidently express an opinion
of the most important aspects of leisure and
entertainment in the 20th century and its impact on
people’s lives and communicate their ideas through
a persuasive poster.

Lesson Breakdown

1. How Did Holidays Change Resources

During the 20th Century? Lesson Pack
Develop an awareness of an Standard School Equipment:
aspect or theme in British history
• Whiteboards and pens
that extends pupils’ chronological
knowledge beyond 1066.
Note connections, contrasts and
trends over time and develop the 65
appropriate use of historical terms. mins

To investigate trends of time of how

people spent their holidays during
the 20th century.

2. How Did People Access Resources

Sport in the 20th Century? Lesson Pack
Develop an awareness of an
Standard School Equipment:
aspect or theme in British history
that extends pupils’ chronological • Whiteboards and pens
knowledge beyond 1066. • Scissors
Continue to develop a • Glue sticks
chronologically secure knowledge
and understanding of British, local
and world history, establishing
clear narratives within and across 65
mins
the periods they study.
To explore key events and changes
in sport in the 20th century.

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3. What Impact Did Music Resources

Have On People’s Lives Lesson Pack
in the 20th Century?
Standard School Equipment:
Develop an awareness of an
aspect or theme in British history • Whiteboards and pens
that extends pupils’ chronological
knowledge beyond 1066.
Construct informed responses that
involve thoughtful selection and
organisation of relevant historical 60
mins
information.
To research how music influenced
people’s experiences in the 20th
century.

4. What Was the ‘Golden Resources

Age’ of Cinema? Lesson Pack
Develop an awareness of an
Standard School Equipment:
aspect or theme in British history
that extends pupils’ chronological • Whiteboards and pens
knowledge beyond 1066.
Construct informed responses that
involve thoughtful selection and
organisation of relevant historical 70
mins
information.
To explore why movies became
popular in the 20th century.

5. How Did Television Resources

Change People’s Lives? Lesson Pack
Develop an awareness of an
aspect or theme in British history Standard School Equipment:
that extends pupils’ chronological • Children’s work from previous
knowledge beyond 1066. lessons in the unit
Address and sometimes devise
historically valid questions about
change, cause, similarity and
difference, and significance. 65
mins
To discuss the significance of
television in people’s lives in the
20th century.

6. How Did the Rise of New Resources

Technology Impact People’s Lesson Pack
Lives in the 20th Century?
Standard School Equipment:
Develop an awareness of an
• Whiteboards and pens
aspect or theme in British history
that extends pupils’ chronological • Children’s work from previous
knowledge beyond 1066. lessons in the unit
Construct informed responses that
involve thoughtful selection and
organisation of relevant historical
information. 65
mins
To explore the impact of leisure
and entertainment on people’s lives
in the 20th century.

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