The EllisChurch Of England Primary School
History
Being a historian
A year 1 historian
- I can use words and phrases like: old, new and a long time ago.
- I can recognise that some objects belonged to the past.
- I can explain how I have changed since I was born.
- I can explain how some people have helped us to have better lives.
- I can ask and answer questions about old and new objects.
- I can spot old and new things in a picture.
- I can explain what an object from the past might have been used for.
A year 2 historian
- I can use words and phrases like: before, after, past, present, then and now.
- I can recount the life of someone famous from Britain who lived in the past. I can explain what they did earlier and what they did later.
- I can give examples of things that were different when my grandparents were children.
- I can find out things about the past by talking to an older person.
- I can answer questions using books and the internet.
- I can research the life of a famous person from the past using different sources of evidence.
A year 3 historian
- I can describe events from the past using dates when things happened.
- I can use a timeline within a specific period of history to set out the order that things may have happened.
- I can use my mathematical knowledge to work out how long ago events happened.
- I can explain some of the times when Britain has been invaded.
- I can use research skills to find answers to specific historical questions.
- I can research in order to find similarities and differences between two or more periods of history.
A year 4 historian
- I can plot events on a timeline using centuries.
- I can use my mathematical skills to round up time differences into centuries and decades.
- I can explain how the lives of wealthy people were different from the lives of poorer people.
- I can explain how historic items and artefacts can be used to help build up a picture of life in the past.
- I can explain how an event from the past has shaped our life today.
- I can research two versions of an event and explain how they differ.
- I can research what it was like for children in a given period of history and present my findings to an audience.
A year 5 historian
- I can draw a timeline with different historical periods showing key historical events or lives of significant people.
- I can compare two or more historical periods; explaining things which changed and things which stayed the same.
- I can explain how Parliament affects decision making in England.
- I can explain how our locality has changed over time.
- I can test out a hypothesis in order to answer questions.
- I can describe how crime and punishment has changed over a period of time.
A year 6 historian
- I can place features of historical events and people from the past societies and periods in a chronological framework.
- I can summarise the main events from a period of history, explaining the order of events and what happened.
- I can summarise how Britain has had a major influence on the world.
- I can summarise how Britain may have learnt from other countries and civilizations (historically and more recently).
- I can identify and explain differences, similarities and changes between different periods of history.
- I can identify and explain propaganda.
- I can describe a key event from Britain’s past using a range of evidence from different sources.
- I can describe the features of historical events and way of life from periods I have studied; presenting to an audience.
