Working as an historian

Through completing the strand units of the history curriculum the child should be enabled to

Time and chronology

develop an understanding of time and chronology so as to place people, objects and events within a broad historical sequence
record people and events in the past using a variety of simple timelines
use words, phrases and conventions associated with the recording of dates and time, such as BC, AD, age, period
Stone Age, 600 BC, Early Christian Ireland, Ré na mBard, Georgian period

develop an understanding of change and continuity by exploring similarities and differences between the past and the present and between different periods in the past

recognise some factors which may have caused, prevented or delayed changes in the past
appreciate that events usually have a number of causes and outcomes

examine and use critically a wide range of historical evidence
photographs, pictures, objects, memories of older people, buildings, stories and songs, written sources, films, other media, information and communication technologies
develop some skills in the location and selection of evidence
distinguish between primary and secondary sources
ask questions about a piece of evidence
compare accounts of a person or event from two or more sources
make simple deductions from evidence
recognise that evidence may be incomplete or biased
appreciate that evidence can be interpreted in a number of ways

select and organise historical information
use imagination and evidence to reconstruct elements of the past
events of a 19th-century school day, emigration scene during famine times, appearance of a crannóg settlement, a letter or diary written by an historical character
communicate this understanding of the past in a variety of ways
oral language, writing, drama, art work, modelling, other media, information and communication technologies

imagine and discuss the feelings and motives of people in the past
discuss how an event in the past may have been perceived by those who participated in it.