🥽 VR Learning Experience

Black History Worksheet

Years 1 & 2 — after your VR session

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National Curriculum Links — History Upper KS2

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Significant Individuals Study of people who have contributed to national and international achievements

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British History Understand key events, including empire and its legacy, and their impact on British society

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Historical Enquiry Ask and answer questions using a range of sources, weighing evidence

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Interpretations Understand that the past is represented and interpreted in different ways

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Cause & Consequence Understand how events lead to change over time

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Empathy & Perspectives Understand different viewpoints and lived experiences

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Scene 1

Rosa Parks

📌 Key Facts

📅 1st December 1955, Montgomery, Alabama🚌 Rosa refused to give up her seat⛔ Segregation meant separate seats, schools and fountains🚶 The bus boycott lasted 381 days

1 In what year did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat? 📚 Knowledge

194519551965

2 How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last? 📚 Knowledge

381 days38 days3 days

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Scene 2

Black Heroes in STEM

📌 Key Facts

🧮 Mary Jackson — NASA’s first Black female engineer🚀 Her maths helped send astronauts into space🛰️ Astronauts live and work on the ISS today🔬 Science needs every kind of mind

3 What was Mary Jackson’s job at NASA? 📚 Knowledge

An engineer whose work helped send people into spaceShe flew the first aeroplaneShe built the space station alone

4 Mary Jackson had to go to court for permission to take engineering classes. Why? 📚 Society

Because of segregation laws at the timeBecause she was too youngBecause the classes were full

📖 Words to Know

Use these words when you talk and write about what you saw.

protest

When people come together to say something is not fair.

fair

Treating everyone the same way.

brave

Doing something even when it feels scary.

engineer

Someone who designs and builds things that solve problems.

🕑 Put it in order

Number the boxes 1, 2 and 3 to show what happened first, next and last.

Rosa Parks would not give up her seat.
People in the city stopped using the buses.
The unfair bus rules were changed.

✍️ Write about it

Imagine you were on the bus with Rosa Parks.

5 Write two sentences about what you saw and how you felt. ✍️ Writing

⭐ Challenge

For anyone who finishes early.

6 Think of someone who helps people in your school. What would you say thank you for? ⭐ Challenge

✅ How did I do?

Tap a face for each one. Be honest — it helps your teacher know what to go over again.