Primary Schools

Skills and concepts development for infant classes

Working as an historian


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

Time and chronology

  • become aware of and discuss the sequence of events in simple stories about the past
  • record sequences of events in personal or family history and in stories using simple timelines
    place a number of personal photographs or items in chronological order

Using evidence

  • encounter some simple historical evidence
    family photographs, own clothes worn when younger, buildings

Communication

  • communicate an awareness of stories from the past in a variety of ways
    listening to and retelling stories, drama, art work information and communication technologies.
 
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