Key stage 3 Historical Skills Bundle

A three lesson series introducing key stage 3 students to the key historical skills of importance, chronology, thematic history and using evidence.

This bundle is ideal as the first 3 lessons taught to Year 7 students but could easily be adapted for Year 8 and possibly Year 9 students (as a refresher of the skills)

Lesson 1- Why do we study History? Students explore what history is and why it is important to study

Lesson 2- chronology and thematic History. Students are introduced to the 5 main historical themes and why we use them. Also, students learn about ordering time, creating time lines, putting dates into centuries and time periods.

Lesson 3- How do we use evidence to explore the past? Students are introduced to different types of evidence, primary and secondary sources, the difference between comprehension and inference when analysing sources and then attempt to make an inference from a source.