Year 2 Significant individuals who changed Britain: how did they fight for change? worksheet

“Emily's Four Days” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 2 history unit “Significant individuals who changed Britain: how did they fight for change?”, for children aged 6 to 7, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 25 to 36 of the year, 12 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Emily's Four Days

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 2 · History · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can say what happened to Emily Davison at Epsom, and when she died.

A Look back3 min

1.
Write the year that is 10 years after 1910.
2.
Circle the year that is further in the past.
19131950
3.
1913 1990 Write < or > in the box.

B Watch me, then you4 min

Emily wanted women to get the vote. On 4 June 1913 she ran onto the track at the Epsom Derby horse race. She was hurt and died on 8 June. How many days was that?

Watch me

Emily was hurt on 4 June. She died on 8 June.

The whole bar is 8. One part is 4.

8 − 4 = 4, so she died four days later.

Now you

1.
Emily was hurt on 4 June 1913. Her funeral in London was on 14 June. How many days later?

C Your turn6 min

Put the events in order, earliest first. Use the timeline to help you.

1.
Put the years in order, earliest first. Emily is hurt at the Derby: 1913. Some women get the vote: 1918. Emily joins the Suffragettes: 1906.
2.
Put the years in order, earliest first. Women get the vote like men: 1928. The First World War begins: 1914. Emily is hurt at the Derby: 1913.
3.
Put the years in order, earliest first. Some women get the vote: 1918. A big Suffragette meeting in London: 1908. Emily is hurt at the Derby: 1913.
4.
Put the years in order, earliest first. Emily is hurt: 1913. Queen Victoria dies: 1901. Women vote like men: 1928. Some women vote: 1918.

Say it out loud: Which event came first in each row? How did you know?

D Spot the mistake3 min

An empty hospital ward with a made bed and pale curtains by a window

Kit says: “Emily Davison died on the day of the Epsom Derby, 4 June 1913.”

1.
Which day did Emily Davison die? Circle the day.
4 June 19138 June 19139 June 1913

E Think deeper4 min

An empty green grass racecourse with wooden stands along one side.

1.
Some people cheered Emily and others did not. Write one reason for each view.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Emily's Four Days · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. 1920 If they wrote 1930, they added 20 to 1910. Ask them how many years one jump of 10 covers.

2. 1913 If they circled 1950, they picked the later year. Earlier years sit closer to 1900 on the line.

3. < If they wrote >, they may think the bigger number is the earlier year. Ask which year is closer to 1900.

B

1. 10

C

1. 1906, 1913, 1918

2. 1913, 1914, 1928

3. 1908, 1913, 1918

4. 1901, 1913, 1918, 1928

D

1. 8 June 1913 If they circled 4 June, they have mixed up the race day with the day she died. Point to the race date, then count four days on to the day she died.

E

1. Look for: One reason someone might cheer Emily, such as wanting women to vote, and one reason others disagreed, such as the danger or the spoiled race.

Words to use

Say“Which year came first? How many days were between the two dates?”

Instead of“Just tell them the date and move on.”

After the sheet

Make a short calendar strip for this week on paper. Count the days between two family dates, such as a birthday and a visit, and mark them on the strip.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

11 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Emily's Early Years(with a plan)
Emily and the Suffragettes(with a plan)
Emily's Activism Timeline(with a plan)
Emily's Big Funeral(with a plan)
Women at Work in the War(with a plan)
Paul at The Bay Horse(with a plan)
Paul's Early Years(with a plan)
Paul arrives in Bristol(with a plan)
Stopping the buses(with a plan)
Paul's story in order(with a plan)
Two brave people(with a plan)

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