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LESSON PLANS
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Farming in Exmoor 1940 – 2006 (Farming)
Preparatory Session
Preparatory Session (3 hours)
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To understand what we are going to study and prepare for a field trip.
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To find out some background information about the farm to be visited.
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To understand that we will need to use different sources in our study.
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Explain that we are going to visit a farm to try to find out what it was
like living and farming there in the 1940s, and how it is different today.
The farm in this example is Cloggs Farm in the parish of Withypool
and Hawkridge, and is farmed by the Bawden family.

Explain final task is to tell others about farming at Cloggs in the 1940s
and how it has changed. The final task could be in the form of a
leaflet, short video, communal webpage or photo story.

Allow time at the end of the session for pupils to write down questions
to ask the farmers about farming in the 1940s.
What can we find out about the farm
before we go?
Use some of the following resources
on an interactive white board or group
work to stimulate discussion.

Ask pupils to find the farm
using either an Ordinance
Survey map or Google maps.
Ordinance Survey map or Google
maps.
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LESSON PLANS
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Farming in Exmoor 1940 – 2006 (Farming)
Preparatory Session
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Look at the extract from the
Gazetteer. The farm has had
two names, can pupils name
them? What can be learnt
about the farm from the names
and the Gazetteer? How long
ago did the Bawden family take
over the farm?
Extract from Gazetteer (provided).

Who lived and worked at
Cloggs Farm in c. 1840?
1841 Census Returns (provided).

Use 1910 Incremental Value
Survey documents to gather
information about farm
buildings; the letters on the
map refer to the descriptions of
the farm buildings on page 3 of
the resource.
1910 Incremental Value Survey entry
(provided).
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Use the 1941-43 National Farm
1941-43 National Farm Survey
Survey Record to gather
Record for Cloggs Farm (provided).
information about the farm.

Listen to parts the oral history
recording of Gwen Bawden.
Mrs Bawden was born in July
1936 on Cloggs Farm, and still
lives there.
‘Combe’ means valley.
A short history of Cloggs Farm
(provided).
Gwen Bawden oral history file
(provided); recorded on 10 June
2008.
0.0 – 04.20 minutes: Bawden family
history.
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LESSON PLANS
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Farming in Exmoor 1940 – 2006 (Farming)
Preparatory Session
04.21 – 10.33: What is farmed on
Cloggs today?
Traditional farming
description.
10.34 – 18.26: Life on Cloggs Farm
during World War
Two, including
description of
evacuees (from 12.56
minutes).
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Pupils to complete Information
and Sources worksheet to
reinforce their learning
throughout preparatory
session.
Gwen Bawden, Cloggs Farm,
photograph (provided).
Cloggs Farm: Information and
Sources worksheet (provided).
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