Lesson 8: The Year of Your Birth AGE RANGE KS2 TIME 1 hour CURRICULUM LINKS KS2 History INTRODUCTION The last census in England and Wales took place on 27 March 2011. This was also the year of the royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton. The resident population of England and Wales on 27 March 2011 was 56.1 million, a seven per cent (3.7 million) increase since 2001. There were 27.6 million men and 28.5 million women in the two countries. In 2011, four out of every five (81 per cent, 45.5 million) residents of England and Wales described themselves as being in good or very good health.

LESSON OVERVIEW This lesson is designed for children born in 2011 but can be adapted for children born in other years. The children will learn about the year 2011 by looking at the census data from that year and can add to this knowledge by researching events that occurred in 2011.

LEARNING INTENTIONS To use data to inform our knowledge of the past. To research events from the past.

KEY VOCABULARY Census, Research, History

YOU WILL NEED • The teacher’s guide to using the Nomis website to find 2011 Census data related to your school’s local area. • Other information from the 2011 Census (see Useful Links below). • You may want to research events from 2011 to add to those suggested in the lesson plan. You can download this lesson plan, accompanying PDF charts and the PowerPoint presentation slides from the Let’s Count! website, www.letscount.org.uk USEFUL LINKS

Nomis To search local and national data from past censuses (see Lesson 1 for more guidance). www.nomisweb.co.uk/ 2011 Census: Key Statistics for England and Wales www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationesti mates/bulletins/2011censuskeystatisticsforenglandandwales/2012-12-11 Please see the downloadable PowerPoint slide and/or PDF Chart 4, Useful Links, for further information. The Year of Your Birth ACTIVITIES

CURRICULUM LINKS AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, and use History them to make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame KS2 historically-valid questions and create their own structured accounts, including written narratives and analyses.

1. Ask the children which month and year they were born in. You could collect this data in a chart and look for any patterns. Some children in the same class will have been born in 2011, some the year before. (You could use the PowerPoint presentation slides and/or PDF Chart 1, When were we born? via www.letscount.org.uk.) 2. Discuss how many children were born in 2011 and how many in another year. Discuss the difference in number and what might explain this. 3. Share some key events from 2011 with the class. This might include the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton, scientists proving that sharks are colour-blind and the last Harry Potter film being released. You might also decide to focus on scientific discoveries, facts about the UK (who was Prime Minister, for example), popular events, such as pop song number ones (please see the downloadable PDF Chart 2, 2011 Number one songs to save you time!) or world news. 4. Create a ‘true or false?’ fact file about 2011 for children to identify the facts about 2011, drawn from census data and other research. You could also include facts from 2001 and the current year. Children can attempt to sort the facts to determine if they are about 2011 or another year. (Please see the downloadable PDF Chart 3, Fact File, and the PowerPoint presentation slide.) Provide the class with texts or weblinks so they can research the events in more detail. (Please see the downloadable PDF Chart 4, Useful links, and the PowerPoint presentation slide.) 5. Using what they have discovered about their birth year, children can then work in small groups to create a poster, artwork or fact file to represent the year. Not forgetting to include their birthday!

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15/01/2011 What's My Name Rihanna Ft Drake 1 22/01/2011 Grenade Bruno Mars 2 05/02/2011 We R Who We R Kesha 1 12/02/2011 Price Tag Jessie J Ft Bob 2 26/02/2011 Someone Like You Adele 4 26/03/2011 Don't Hold Your Breath Nicole Scherzinger 1 02/04/2011 Someone Like You Adele 1 09/04/2011 On The Floor Jennifer Lopez Ft Pitbull 2 23/04/2011 Party Rock Anthem Lmfao/Lauren Bennett/Goonrock 4 21/05/2011 The Lazy Song Bruno Mars 1 28/05/2011 Give Me Everything Pitbull/ne-yo/afrojack/nayer 3 18/06/2011 Changed The Way You Kiss Me Example 2 02/07/2011 Don't Wanna Go Home Jason Derulo 2 16/07/2011 Louder Dj Fresh Ft Sian Evans 1 23/07/2011 Glad You Came Wanted 2 06/08/2011 She Makes Me Wanna Jls Ft Dev 1 13/08/2011 Swagger Jagger Cher Lloyd 1 20/08/2011 Promises Nero 1 27/08/2011 Don't Go Wretch 32 Ft Josh Kumra 1 03/09/2011 Heart Skips A Beat Olly Murs Ft Rizzle Kicks 1 10/09/2011 Stay Awake Example 1 17/09/2011 All About Tonight Pixie Lott 1 24/09/2011 What Makes You Beautiful One Direction 1 01/10/2011 No Regrets Dappy 1 08/10/2011 Loca People Sak Noel 1 15/10/2011 We Found Love Rihanna Ft Calvin Harris 3 05/11/2011 Read All About It Professor Green Ft Emeli Sande 2 19/11/2011 We Found Love Rihanna Ft Calvin Harris 3 10/12/2011 Wishing On A Star X Factor Finalists 2011 1 17/12/2011 Dance With Me Tonight Olly Murs 1 24/12/2011 Cannonball Little Mix 1 31/12/2011 Wherever You Are Military Wives/Gareth Malone 1 The Year of Your Birth: Chart 3 Fact File

This event happened in census year 2011 True False ✁ Beyonce andJayZgotmarried. FALSE Tim Peakeranamarathoninspace.FALSE together thaneverbefore). TRUE. The LargeHadronCollidersetanewworldrecord Andy MurraywonWimbledon.FALSE Manchester UnitedwonthePremierLeague.TRUE. Kate MiddletonandPrinceWilliamgotmarried.TRUE. The Year of Your 3B: Chart Fact Birth File

✁ Children cancutoutthefactsanddecidewheretoplacethemontable. They canthenrecordtheanswersonPowerPointslide5. 2011 Teacher’s answers William got Wimbledon and Prince Tim Peake Middleton marathon in space married Murray Andy ran a Kate won ( He wonitin2012and2016 ( They gotmarriedin2008 ( He ranitin2016 ( for collidingtwobeamsofmoreparticles ) . ) ) . . Beyonce and Manchester the Premier a newworld Collider set United won The Large The Large Jay Zgot married Hadron League record The Year of Your Birth: Chart 4 Useful Links

Nomis To search local and national data from past censuses (see Lesson 1 for more guidance) www.nomisweb.co.uk/

2011 Census: Key Statistics for England and Wales www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populatio nestimates/bulletins/2011censuskeystatisticsforenglandandwales/2012-12-11 www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/all-the-number-1-singles__7931/ www.premierleague.com/tables www.wimbledon.com/index.html www.livescience.com/13849-lhc-particle-accelerator-world-record.html www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers