What is History?

This unit is the perfect introductory unit to help develop History and English skills. Developed for History, the unit of work is also well suited to supporting the development of critical thinking through the analysis of primary and secondary sources. The unit was created to develop the necessary skills required to engage with history prior to diving into historical content. The unit teach students to be critical thinkers and to question primary and secondary sources in fun and engaging lessons. Through the use of a variety of innovative actvities and assignments students are taught about the importance of analysing the reliability of sources. This is an excellent resource to use to develop skills prior to teaching students content.

Included in Unit Plan:
Detailed Unit Plan - provides a detailed overview and directions for each of the activities in the unit.
Historiography PowerPoint - Outlines all of the details for students and teacher, additional information, questioning, pair-shares, discussion questions etc included as well.
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