What is history?
What is history? is a set of eight lessons for year 7 students, designed to introduce them to the concepts underpinning history and to its importance.
Each lesson addresses a different concept – chronology, enquiry, evidence, causation, change, diversity, significance and interpretation – and comprises a starter, several development activities and a plenary. Suggestions for differentiation, extension tasks and homework tasks are also included.
Tasks include role-play, source analysis, debate tasks, group discussion and living graphs.
Key features:
- eight lessons, each with an accompanying PowerPoint
- 14 printable resources
- suggestions for differentiation, extension and homework.
This sample shows a student activity from the What is history? teaching pack.
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Ideas for historically significant people |
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Ideas for historically significant events |
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William Shakespeare |
Florence Nightingale |
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Battle of Hastings |
The English Civil War |
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Nelson Mandela |
Jesus |
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Invention of the printing press |
World War 1 |
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Elizabeth I |
Winston Churchill |
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Fall of the Roman Empire |
Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
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Martin Luther King |
Marie Curie |
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The Black Death |
Invention of the internet |
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The Queen |
Hitler |
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Discovery of penicillin |
Invention of television |
Who or what else would you add?