History Curriculum Intent:
Our History curriculum is designed to develop children’s curiosity and fascination about the events that have happened in the past which have impacted/developed the society we live in today. We want our children to explore, learn and remember facts, so new knowledge is built through enquiry, debate and creativity. By linking learning to a range of topics, children have opportunities to investigate and interpret the past, understand chronology, build an overview of Britain’s past as well as that of the wider world, and to be able to communicate historically
Through high quality teaching, we develop the following essential characteristics of historians;
- An excellent knowledge and understanding of people, events and contexts from a range of historical periods, including significant events in Britain’s past.
- To understand how people’s lives have been shaped by this nation and how Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world.
- Learning about the concept of chronology, which underpins children’s developing sense of period, as well as key concepts such as change and causation.
- The ability to support, evaluate and challenge their own and others views using historical evidence from a range of sources.
- The ability to think, reflect, debate, discuss and evaluate the past by formulating and refining questions and lines of enquiry
- A respect for historical evidence and the ability to make critical use of it to support their learning
- A desire to embrace challenging activities, including opportunities to undertake high-quality research across a range of history topics
- A developing sense of curiosity about the past and how and why people interpret the past in different ways
