What do we learn in history?

Learning about the

Why do History helps me develop my own using evidence. This means I will be
we opinions and values. This means
learn
it helps me develop a stronger
history? idea of who I am.
Discovering why some things
diversity of the past
Studying history makes me better at change and others stay the
helps me understand
same makes me better at
people better. It also
able to go through life making my deciding what is important
helps me respect other
own decisions, not just believing what and how the world ended up
cultures I see around
I am told. as it is today.
me.

Focussing Judging Assessing Explaining

Arguing Using evidence Appreciating diversity
interpretations Significance change and
What continuity
are the
skills we
need to
do this?

Judging the
Focussing on
Structuring & usefulness of a
a question Deciding what
balancing an source Explaining why Empathising with
Making the causes of
argument an interpretation people in the past
Selecting judgements an event were
Using inference has been made
What relevant
Giving evidence Having a sense of
does this information Explaining Deciding what
for your point of Evaluating the Judging if it valid historical period and
involve? why an event the
view reliability of chronology
Recalling was important consequences
evidence Making your own
important facts of an event
Coming to your interpretation Understanding people
were
own conclusion Comparing sources in their own terms