Asked children to be detectives; they will investigate the town with a microscope and document everything they see and find out.
To look at the area 60yrs ago;
How did people get around?
what type of transport did they use?
What communications did they have?
Did they have tel in their homes; daily newspaper; TVs; radios;
& then what about their lives now?
– have asked them to record the same range of detals.
Some other possible questions are:
What recreational/cultural facilities (like churches, youth clubs, cinema, swimming pool) are there in the town?
– What do they do & what did their grandparents do?
What disease was prevalent in the past?
What was the standard of living?
What was peoples housing conditions like? – what was the standard of housing like – was it easy to get a new home?
Lack of affordable housing is a key area of debate at the moment – what homes will they be able to secure in the future?
