History

Our Vision…

The teaching of history at Carfield will develop a pupil’s natural curiosity of local and world history and provide them with a clear understanding of significant periods in British and world history (substantive knowledge). We want pupils to have a strong understanding of the society and country they live in and the influences that has shaped Britain to be what it is today. Pupils will be historical enquirers: they will answer historical questions by investigating and interpreting the evidence before forming conclusions. They will then be able to present these conclusions through clear communication opportunities.

By the end of KS1, pupils will understand that a world existed before them and that people in the past did not all live in the same way. They will have learnt a range of vocabulary to describe the past and they will know that the past and the present are different. Pupils will learn that historians are people who find out and tell stories about the past and they find their information out from evidence/clues. Pupils will start to understand that we do not know everything for certain about the past and some people might disagree on what they think happened a long time ago, but that this is OK.

By the end of KS2, pupils will understand how historians investigate the past, and how they construct historical claims, arguments and accounts and apply these skills to answer historical enquiry questions. Pupils will understand that sources have to be critically analysed and they will know the difference between a source and evidence. They will be able to question the validity of a source or historical interpretation by understanding that the more information that can be gathered about a period, the stronger the narrative that you can build about it. Pupils will be to chronologically order periods of British and world history and be able to talk about trends and changes to culture, religion, beliefs and societies over time. The concept of time will be referred to in various ways such as centuries and decades and there will be an understanding of how the past has influenced the world we live in today.

Intent

The teaching of history at Carfield will develop a pupil’s natural curiosity of local and world history and provide them with a clear understanding of significant periods in British and world history (substantive knowledge). We want pupils to have a strong understanding of the society and country they live in and the influences that has shaped Britain to be what it is today. Pupils will be historical enquirers: they will answer historical questions by investigating and interpreting the evidence before forming conclusions. They will then be able to present these conclusions through clear communication opportunities.

By the end of KS1, pupils will understand that a world existed before them and that people in the past did not all live in the same way. They will have learnt a range of vocabulary to describe the past and they will know that the past and the present are different. Pupils will learn that historians are people who find out and tell stories about the past and they find their information out from evidence/clues. Pupils will start to understand that we do not know everything for certain about the past and some people might disagree on what they think happened a long time ago, but that this is OK.

By the end of KS2, pupils will understand how historians investigate the past, and how they construct historical claims, arguments and accounts and apply these skills to answer historical enquiry questions. Pupils will understand that sources have to be critically analysed and they will know the difference between a source and evidence. They will be able to question the validity of a source or historical interpretation by understanding that the more information that can be gathered about a period, the stronger the narrative that you can build about it. Pupils will be to chronologically order periods of British and world history and be able to talk about trends and changes to culture, religion, beliefs and societies over time. The concept of time will be referred to in various ways such as centuries and decades and there will be an understanding of how the past has influenced the world we live in today.

Implementation
  • History is taught over 6 weeks covering national curriculum objectives within a unit.  
  • Each history lesson begins with an enquiry question 
  • Substantive knowledge is taught through individual lessons, the disciplinary knowledge and concepts develop as the unit progresses.  
  • Retrieval is done at the start of each lesson to give pupils the opportunity to retrieve historical knowledge from their long term memory.   
  • Timelines of British and world history and revisited to embed the chronology of periods and events.  
  • Pupil’s are assessed against a series of endpoints, showing whether they have accurately understood and retained key knowledge.  
Impact

Pupils can talk confidently about “the past”. As pupils progress into KS2, they can talk about events further in the past with accuracy and they can compare different civilisations around the world. Pupils have a sound understanding of British history and the way that their life in Britain today has been shaped by different civilisations and and societies. Pupils have the skills to be able to critically analyse sources of evidence and pull together conclusions about past events. They have a good cultural capital of events which are beyond living memory.  

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