Early Level:
Social Studies
Significant Aspect of Learning: people live today and in the past.
Developing an understanding of the world by learning about how Teacher’s Voice = blue
Learner’s Voice = red
Experiences and Outcomes
I have explored how people lived in the past and have used imaginative play to show how their lives were different from my own and the people around me.
SOC 0-04a
I am aware that different types of evidence can help me to find out about the past.
SOC 0-01a
Context of Learning: Homes that people live in now and in the past. Pupils explored their local environment and examine features of houses, the compare with crofts of the past. Learners looked at photos of familiar places and have an awareness of change over time.
We need windows in our houses so we can see and it isn’t dark inside.
The roofs keep the rain and snow out of our rooms. The have to be pointed so that the rain falls off. There are stairs inside.
Learning Statements
Shows interest and understanding of things and people who can help them to find out about the past, their locality, community and their culture including their family.
Explores and asks questions about artefacts which inform people about the past and present, life locally and in other places and discusses what they might tell us, their possible age or origin.
Context of Learning: to experience the materials and equipment that are used on a modern day housing building site.
Learners visited a building site and handled bricks and tiles. They saw the patterns created in brick work and tools that are used today.
They used both fine and gross motor skills to recreate the building processes using printing and sticking; cutting and creating; and building with blocks.
These houses don’t have stairs and they are like the old crofts.. But they are made of bricks and tiles. A long time ago houses were made of stone and straw. They don’t have big gardens so they can’t grow lots of things to eat.
We went to the building site and saw lots of bricks. I made a brick house. I live in it with
Orran and Eilidh.
Pupils were encouraged to think of all the features that make up a the house that they live in and draw their own house. The materials that were used for building were discussed in small groups and the shapes and functions of windows and roofs were investigated by talking and listening and walking around the village. The pupils looked at old photos of the village and saw which were the older houses and looked for changes that had taken place over time.
I made a castle. My buddy from P6 helped me cut the cardboard and stick it.
The learners responded to the building site visit by using building blocks, and crafting materials to build and design their own 2D and
3D houses. They talked and shared their experiences about what they had learnt from their site visit. Role play was an important aspect of consolidating the knowledge they had acquired.

Context of Learning: To discover differences from living long ago to living now.
Learners used fairy tales and nursery rhymes involving castles to introduce features of living long ago. They organised a banquet where learners would role play guests and learners could apply some of the different roles of people who lived in the castle long ago.
They discussed the reasons for the different features of castles.
My castle is made from stone. It has a bridge that can be lifted up to stop the enemies. They will fall into the water if they come. The top of the castle is where I’d go with my bow and arrow to shoot at my enemies.
They had to get water from a well, they didn’t have taps or hand dryers. I liked making my princess hat. For the banquet.
Did you know that it’s like an ice cream cone?
Context of Learning: Visit to a housing construction site to learn about modern houses.
Children saw how houses are constructed by visiting a building site. They were shown the water and waste pipes on the site, and were able to describe some differences between the building of a castle and that of a modern home.
They could explain the differences between builders of the past and builders of the present via safety clothing and site safety.
I am wearing a builder’s hat. It’s a hard hat. I am wearing safety glasses so that I don’t get things in my eyes.
This activity gave the learner an appreciation for how the construction of buildings have changed over time. They saw water pipes being put into the houses for running water.
Through listening and questioning the builders the learners discovered ways that builder keep themselves safe.
The learner enjoyed seeing the different roles that are undertaken on the site, and recreated them back in school.