Year 9 Unit 1 Homework:

Family History Project

Task:
You are going to investigate the history of one member of your family
and produce a project about their lives.
Each week you will need to complete a different part of the project
and hand it in.
Week: Task:
Completed?
Due in
1
Choose the person you are going to investigate!
Produce an introduction about this person
Who are they? Where are they from? Why are they
interesting?
24
th

September
2
Create a timeline of their life
Add pictures if you can or information where
needed
1
st
October
3
The investigation! Gather information about this
person and begin to decide how you are going to set
it out
8
th
October
4
The write up! Write up all the information that you
have collected about this person explaining in detail
what they did and why you think that was
important.
15
th

October
5
The conclusion! Write a conclusion about what you
think this person gave to history and why they are
important in your familys history
22
nd

October

Good luck!

Key Concepts Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 HOW?
Chronological
understanding
I can put some
of the events,
people and
periods I have
studied onto a
timeline
I can describe
some main
events and
people from
different periods
I can describe
different events
and explain how
they fit into
different time
periods
I understand how
different periods
of British and
international
history link
together
I can explain how
different periods
of British and
international
history link
together

Significance I know that
some events in
the past have
had an impact
on our lives
today
I can describe
some ways in
which the past
can have an
effect on our
lives today
I can give
reasons why
some events,
people and
periods in the
past have had an
impact on our
lives today
I can explain in
detail why some
events, people
and periods in
the past have
had more of an
impact on our
lives today
I can analyse a
range of reasons
why some events,
people and
periods in the
past have had
more of an
impact on us
today than other
events
Explain the
impact of your
person
How have
they changed
the world /
your lives /
other peoples
lives?
Interpretation I can identify the
different ways
the past is
represented e.g.
different types
of sources
I can describe
different views
on the past using
different
evidence and
answering
questions
I can suggest
some reasons
why the past has
been viewed
differently by
some people
and I have
begun to
evaluate
evidence
I can describe
and begin to
explain why
different people
have different
views of events
and people in the
past. I evaluate
sources in order
to come to
conclusions
I can explain how
different events,
people and
periods vary
according to
different points of
views. I use
sources and my
own
investigations in
order to create an
argument.
Find primary
and secondary
evidence to
add to your
investigation
How useful
are your
sources? How
reliable are
they?
Written work I answer
questions in full
sentences
I am beginning to
produce
structured work
I use historical
key words and
answer in full
well explained
sentences
I use historical
key words and
answer in full
well explained
sentences
My work is well
structured in
paragraphs and I
use key historical
vocabulary
Do what it
says on the
tin!