What sort of toys did my great grandparents play with?

The PowerPoint, Teacher Notes and Worksheet are all you need to do a lesson looking at toys in the past. As a class or in groups ask the pupils to write a list of all the toys they can see in the photograph. Then ask pupils to choose their favourite toy - but keep it a secret. Discuss how they might describe their chosen toy by thinking about shapes, sizes and what it might be made of.

Then in pairs or small groups ask them to describe the characteristics of their favourite toy, so that others in the group can try and guess which one it is. Alternatively this could be turned into a questioning game, where the others in the group ask yes/no questions such as: Does it have wheels? etc.

This could be consolidated by asking each pupil to draw their chosen toy and label it with the words they used to describe it.

Learning aims and outcomes include: Describe the characteristics of old toys; Speak about toys that belonged to their grandparents/great-grandparents; Infer information about toys in the past by studying old toys.