Working as an historian

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

Time and chronology

• begin to distinguish between the past, present and future
• begin to develop an understanding of chronology through exploring and recording simple sequences and by placing objects or pictures in historical sequence

Change and continuity

• explore instances of change and continuity, especially in personal life, in family and local history
  features which have changed or remained unchanged in home, family and immediate local environment

Cause and effect

• discuss the reasons why some events happened and some of their consequences
  the actions of a character in a story

Using evidence

• examine a range of simple historical evidence
  photographs, objects, memories of older people, buildings, stories and songs
• begin to distinguish between fictional accounts in stories, myths and legends and real people and events in the past

Synthesis and communication

• communicate an awareness of stories, people and events from the past in a variety of ways
  writing, drama, other media, information and communication technologies

Empathy

• imagine and discuss the feelings of characters in stories from the past.