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The Journeys Game
A theme of journeys links the four people selected. Christopher Columbus and his voyages of 'discovery' by sea, the most famous being in 1492; Pocahontas made a journey to England in 1616; George Stephenson is famous for the invention of the railway engine, The Rocket, and the Rainhill Trials in 1829 which paved the way for railway travel; and Florence Nightingale journeyed by ship and train to the Crimea in 1854 to nurse soldiers injured in the war.
This activity gives children access to the wider world, to maps and the globe, through the journeys made by each of our famous people. It will help them to develop an understanding of distance and the relationship between different parts of the world, and to set people and events in a context of place. There are good links with the development of geographical understanding, and an introduction to the global dimension of life today and in the past. The activity will be further enriched by reference to globes, maps, pictures and information books in the classroom. Other journeys can be charted, including journeys the children themselves have made.
Another way to extend thinking is for children to consider changes over a much longer period of time. The teacher can pose questions, and children can be encouraged to think about other questions they would ask. For example: What did trains look like at the time of Florence Nightingale? Had they changed since Stephenson invented the Rocket? What were ships like at that time? Did they look like the ships Columbus sailed in? It is important that the teacher provides access to appropriate pictures and information texts so that children can try to find out answers to these and other questions.
This applies to both html (non-flash) and flash sites.
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