Why do we remember Isambard Kingdom Brunel?
Focus: the lives and achievements of the inspirational engineers, George and Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, changes in transport and the coming of the railways. Overview: Pupils assume the roles of George and Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The class help to retell the fascinating story of the invention of the railways and early locomotives (e.g. Locomotion, Rocket) using costume, role-play, original objects and unique railway artefacts. Your class will face the challenge of finding solutions to the obstacles encountered by the three railway builders such as rivers, mountains, valleys, raising funds, winning support and overcoming opposition. Pupils go on to recreate some of the new jobs that the railways brought and some of the very strong points of view for and against the railways. Air Raid Experience KS2: Britain since 1930 Focus: what it was like for children living through the Blitz in the Second World War. Overview: The ARP Warden sounds our origin
