KS1, Learning Activities
Pop to the Shops
Children will immerse themselves in the past by taking part in a shopping activity in The 1900s Town.
They will have to set off around the town with a shopping list and a purse of money and purchase goods from different shops.
Meeting at the Masonic Hall in The 1900s Town, the children will be set the task of buying all the items on their shopping list. They will visit a range of shops in the town, purchasing different items in each shop, adding up how much they owe and checking their change is correct! Observations about how different shops are in the past to modern times can be made in each shop, helped by our friendly staff.
The activity aims:
- to showcase the differences and similarities between shopping in the past and today.
- to give children the opportunity to use old pennies and shillings to count sums of money and calculate change.
- to give children the opportunity to use weighing scales to measure set quantities.
Season:Â All year round
Activity Resources
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