History at St George's CE Academy

As Historians, we want children to enjoy enquiry, learn from and about the past, who understand chronology and who have the skills to weigh up and interpret evidence. We aim to ensure our children become critical, curious thinkers who have a sound understanding of the substantive strands which run as a thread throughout our curriculum.

In history, these strands are:

Alongside this, we have also developed our history curriculum in order to develop our children's disciplinary knowledge. This refers to knowledge about how historians and others study the past and how they construct historical claims, arguments and accounts. 

Through developing chronological understanding and the ability to communicate historically children will learn to use enquiry in order to analyse, question and compare sources of evidence including their validity. Through discussion, children will learn to interpret evidence and form views about the past being conscious of bias. 

 

History recommended reads:

Love all things history? Then perhaps you might like to consider reading one of my recommended reads:

Useful websites:

Ology: A website that explains how we can learn about the past using artefacts. There are games, videos, stories and ideas to try at home all linked to different times in history

https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/archaeology#hands-on

The BBC website is full of useful clips about different periods of history and significant people from our past.

Key stage 2 (Years 3 - 6)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ks2-history/zfbwhbk

Key stage 1 (Years 1 and 2)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zkqmhyc