Who was John Lennon and what was his childhood like?
Objectives Children should learn: • to identify John Lennon from pictorial evidence and extract information • to investigate, using secondary sources, some characteristic features of the 1950s Activities Outcomes Children: Give out selected pictures of John Lennon from various stages of his life (photocopied from encyclopedias/taken from the internet). Ask the children if they know who he is, or when these pictures were taken. Discuss what the pictures show about his early life and the type of family he might have come from. Give some biographical details, eg place of birth/dates/historical context. Using textbooks/reference books about the 1950s, ask the children to investigate in groups given aspects of everyday life, eg school, leisure, home life, food (rationing). Ask the children to complete a grid with the headings: What do I know? What do I think I know? What do I want to find out? End the activity with a plenary session and correct any misconceptions, eg that wind-up gramophone
