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History Children are taught history so that they will
develop an understanding of the past, of cause and effect, and of how the world
they live in came about.
Areas of study
Skills and Understanding
Children learn that everything happens in order, and that things change as time
passes (including they way they themselves have changed since they were babies).
They learn to arrange events chronologically, and to use the appropriate language
to describe them. They explore how the world today is different from the way it
was in the past, and the changes in the way people have lived, using different
kinds of material such as books, videos, objects, pictures, buildings and (for
local history) talking to people. They learn to explain how and why these changes
happened, and to communicate what they think in a variety of ways.
Knowledge
Children learn about famous people and events from the past. They learn about
different historical periods, and the dates of significant events. When they are
in the Juniors, they will explore certain periods in British history such as the
Romans, Anglo-Saxons or Vikings in Britain; the Tudors; the Victorian age or Britain
since 1930. They will also study the Ancient Greeks, a period of history in a
non-European country, and local history.
Snapshots for history in Key Stage 2
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