Create a fact file
Before you start this activity do the tutorial on your iPad or phone.
Open the Book Creator app.
1. Add a new book – tap the new book at top left of the screen.
2. Choose a shape for your book. You have three options – portrait, square of landscape.
3. Make your front cover. Choose a colour and font. Tap ‘INSPECTOR’ button at the top right to custom your colour.
4. Add text to your title – if you make a mistake – tap the UNDO button.
5. Add an image – either choose the camera to take a photograph or choose a photograph saved from the internet.
6. Add a new page by tapping the large + button.
7. Preview your book in i books.
8. Save your book.
Make your fact file
STEP 1
You will need:
an iPad and Book Creator app
STEP 2
Research ‘pit ponies’ on the internet and write down four facts that you find interesting.
You could think about:
Why ponies were used?
What was the role of the pit pony ?
Who looked after them?
STEP 3
Now open the Book Creator app. Start by making a picture for the cover of your book – this can be a picture of the pit pony , the mines or the pit pony on their holiday.
STEP 4
Put a fact on each page. You can write, draw or record your own voice. Try to copy some images from the internet and include them on your pages.
STEP 5
Create and save your book. Share it with your family and friends.
Pit pony facts
- Pit ponies were mainly used in coalmines in the 1800s and early to mid-1900s.
- One of reasons for the strong bond between the miner and the pony was the belief that the ponies had a sixth sense and could alert the miners to danger.
- The ponies were fed on a diet of chopped hay and maize.
- Pit ponies strength made them able to pull heavy carts and their small size allowed them to manoeuvre in cramped conditions.