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Introduction
In the unit 'What can we learn about recent history from studying the life of a famous person?' # learnt about the aspects of recent history through the study of the life of John Lennon as an example of someone who made a significant impact on popular culture and entertainment, and whose life portrayed some of the key social and cultural changes of the post-war period. The unit had links with citizenship, in that it introduced children to the idea of single-issue politics through a controversial figure from recent history. Links with non-fiction work in literacy were also strong; in particular this unit was designed to develop media and information-handling skills. # developed ~ historical understanding of the period, including the characteristic features and diversity of popular culture. ^ learnt about the changes both within and across the period, and applied ~ skills of historical enquiry to a study of the recent past.
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Childhood
Section 1: Who was John Lennon and what was his childhood like?

^ knows about John Lennon from information extracted from pictures and what ~ teacher has told *.
^ has been able to find out and record details of everyday life in the 1950s.
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Beatles
Section 2: How did he become famous and why did the Beatles become so popular?

^ demonstrated ~ knowledge of the 1960s from ~ report on the details of ~ personal research.
^ could identify the range of different sources of evidence ~ has used.
# has discussed the value of different sources.
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Promotion
Section 3: How did the Beatles promote themselves and how did this change over time?

^ was able to make inferences about the Beatles from the evidence ^ was collected.
# could make inferences about the Beatles from the evidence ^ was shown.
^ could identify characteristics of the style and design from the period.
^ has successfully sequenced the pictures into a chronological order.
^ has compared and contrasted the images of the 1960s with those from the 1990s and today.
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John Lennon
Section 4: What was John Lennon known for after the Beatles?


^ has demonstrated ~ knowledge of the life and work of the Beatles and John Lennon from the information ^ successfully extracted from a range of sources.
^ was able to link the lyrics of the song to other events and activities from John's life.


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Death
Section 5: How did people react to the death of John Lennon?

^ was able to recognise similarities and differences between the reports in different media and give ~ own reasons for the differences.
# produced a factual account of the events, drawing on appropriate sources.
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Impact
Section 6: What impact did John Lennon have on the history of this period?

# was summarised the key events of John Lennon's life in a chronological sequence, using appropriate time conventions.
During ~ class's discussion about the topic, # was able to assess the significance of John Lennon's life.


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