The Year 2 story of Magellan and his voyage round the world. The lessons provided part of the history and geography element in a wider topic on ‘Water'.

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The teaching was done through the powerful medium of storytelling. The first session was taken up by the storytelling, with the children's interest maintained by role play and discussion/speaking and listening.

The second session was used for an assessment activity.

More about Magellan from Wikipedia

 

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