The document provides ideas and prompts for students to create a diary from the perspective of someone living in 1950. It suggests including entries about shopping trips, modes of transportation, fashion trends, popular gadgets, and activities for children. Students are encouraged to be creative by building models of towns from the era or presenting their research through multimedia formats like PowerPoint, video, or mind maps.
2. How can I present my information? The money people earned and spent in 1950 If everybody had their own cars What public transport was like in 1950 What the fashions were in the 1950 What the latest gadgets were in 1950 What children did and wore in 1950
3. Ideas for your diary! You could make your own diary out of a note book Use the following writing frame to help get you started: Dear Diary, Today I went to the shop and I bought¡ I paid for it in¡ Dear Diary, I went to my friend Jim¡¯s house today and saw his brand new car! This was very special because¡ Dear Diary, I went in to town today and I travelled on¡. Dear Diary, My friends have all bought¡ they are the latest must have gadgets because¡ Dear Diary, I went looking for clothes today and the clothes that were being sold were¡
4. Ideas for your diary! You could make your own diary into a story board Dear Diary, Today I went to the shop and I bought¡ I paid for it in¡
7. How can I present my information? PowerPoint presentations Movie Maker Flash Animations Mind maps Collages of information and pictures Photographs of the time