... promotes an understanding from children to appreciate different cultures and beliefs. I decided that Celebration was an interesting concept to focus on in order to promote empathy as a skill, so that children can look at and appreciate the different ways in which different cultures use celebration. In order for children to question the concept of change within the History subject, I decided that looking at artefacts from the Victorian period, and questioning what they could be, would be an interesting activity for the children to do. Nulty in Hoodless (1998:21) reiterates the advantage of sharing artefacts with children by stating that 'having an object revealed to them is a motivating experience. By being allowed to handle this precious piece of history, the children will feel empowered.' The learning objectives for this activity are (KE 4a) 'to find out about the past from a range of sources of information (for example....artefacts)', ...

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