History+Skills


 * Below is a list of skills that are appropriate to this level of study. Curriculum will be developed, using ‘The Making of the Modern World, 1750-1918’ as the basis for enquiry. **


 * **Chronology, terms and concepts ** || #  Use chronological sequencing to demonstrate the relationship between events and developments in different periods and places.
 * 1)  Use historical terms and concepts. ||
 * **Historical questions and research ** || #  Identify and select different kinds of questions about the past to inform historical inquiry.
 * 1)  Evaluate and enhance these questions.
 * 2)  Identify and locate relevant sources using ICT. ||
 * **Analysis and use of sources ** || #  Identify the origins, purpose and context of primary and secondary sources.
 * 1)  Process and synthesise information from a range if sources for use as evidence in an historical argument.
 * 2)  Evaluate the reliability and usefulness of primary and secondary sources. ||
 * **Perspective and interpretations ** || #  Identify and analyse the perspective of people from the past.
 * 1)  Identify and analyse different historical interpretations (including their own). ||
 * **Explanation and Communication ** || # <span style="color: #244061; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Develop texts, particularly explanations and discussions that use evidence from a range of sources that are referenced.
 * 1) <span style="color: #244061; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Select and use a range of communications forms (oral, graphic, written) and digital technologies. ||

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