History
At Whiteheath, we aim for children to increase their understanding of the present in the context of the past and that of the wider world, which will help them to gain skills in enquiry, analysis, evaluation, and argument.
During their time at Whiteheath, all children are exposed to a range of different sources, which will arouse their curiosity and motivation to learn. All children are encouraged to ask perceptive questions, weigh evidence, sift arguments, develop perspective and judgement and to think critically.
The key objectives and topics throughout every year group support the overall understanding of the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time, ensuring a solid grounding for future learning and beyond.
History Curriculum
Useful Websites
How to Support Your Child
1. Make a museum
Find a ‘theme of past objects’ ( a toy/ piece of clothing/ object) around the house that can help children to generate ideas and hypotheses and label the objects. They can observe accurately, present further explanation and ask questions. Handling and observing objects in the home is also motivating - it allows children to understand the past in an interesting way. This strategy improves children's historical thinking.
2. Make a wartime recipe booklet
http://www.recipespastandpresent.org.uk/wartime/wartime-recipes/
3. Become a Historical Detective
Use the British Museum website to get a virtual tour of the museum and explore all the artefacts.
Think of 5 questions you would like to find out.
https://blog.britishmuseum.org/how-to-explore-the-british-museum-from-home/
4. BBC bitesize
Try BBC lessons that are full of history videos, quizzes and practice activities to help you with home learning. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zcw76sg
End of Year 6 Expectations
By the end of Year 6, children will be able to:
Historical Knowledge – Sequencing the past
- To sequence, with independence, many of the significant events, societies and people within and across the UKS2 topics covered using appropriate dates, period labels and terms.
- Accurately identify links between this sequence and the events of other periods studied.
History Concepts: Cause and Effect
- Independently provide a comprehensive list of valid detailed reasons why events took place and the effects of those events.
- Order these causes and/or effects into a hierarchy of significance and will comment insightfully on why they have selected this order.
- Make a number of valid links between why certain events occurred in the period studied and events taking place in other periods or locations, or note how effects of events could be similar.
- To identify some of the causes as long or short-term triggers and how some effects can be immediate and others long term
Historical Concepts – Changes and developments over time
- Confidently explain the reasons why particular aspects of a historical event, development, society or person were of particular significance.
- Introduce a hierarchy of importance and explain while some aspects continue to be relevant, others may be dismissed as no longer being relevant and not having long term significance.
- Confidently and independently identify the different interpretations in a range of topics Can give a range of valid reasons for the different interpretations in a range of topics,
- Demonstrate insight into why some aspects of the interpretation may be the same.
- Make reference to the differing types of representation.
History Concepts: Significance and Interpretations
- Cconfidently explain the reasons why particular aspects of a historical event, development, society or person were of particular significance.
- Introduce a hierarchy of importance and explain while some aspects continue to be relevant, others may be dismissed as no longer being relevant and not having long term significance.
- Confidently and independently identify the different interpretations in a range of topics Can give a range of valid reasons for the different interpretations in a range of topics,
- Demonstrate insight into why some aspects of the interpretation may be the same.
- Make reference to the differing types of representation.
Historical Enquiry: Planning and Carrying out a Historical Enquiry
- Independently plan and produce quality, detailed responses to a wide range of historical enquiries.
- Refer to appropriate evidence from a wide range of complex, varied sources studied within the sessions and also from their own research to produce a structured argument to answer the sub-question and build towards reaching an overall conclusion.
- Reach a valid overall conclusion.
- Confidently use a broad range of challenging, relevant historical terms throughout.
- Critically evaluate their enquiry and consider ways in which it could be improved or developed.
Historical Enquiry: Using Sources as Evidence
- Comment with confidence on the value of a range of different types of sources for enquiries, including extended enquiries
- Explain confidently why they have made that selection, referring to both utility and reliability and considering the purpose, audience, accuracy and how the source was compiled.