Attainment Target B1.1 (Example 4 of 4)
Context
As part of their unit When Gran was a Girl, Emma and her class visited a restored miner's cottage, containing artefacts dating back to the 1930s.
Transcript
T. - That's good, Emma. Can you tell me a wee bit about this?
Emma - That's their cooker. They didn't have gas or electricity.
T. - So how did they cook?
Emma - They put coal in here, and burned it, so the top of the cooker got very very hot and you could cook on it.
T. - And what is this?
Emma - That's a bath. They didn't have a bathroom or a shower, so every night when Archie came home he was filthy because he worked under the ground digging coal. And his wife would boil up water on the cooker and Archie would scrub himself clean in this wee bath.
Commentary
People in the Past - Level B1.1
The transcript of Emma's conversation with her teacher shows that
she has a firm knowledge and understanding of some features of life
for a coal-miner and his wife in Scotland in the 1930s.
Suggested Activities
Emma could describe some changes in aspects of life, e.g. cooking and
washing facilities (B2.1).
