Sense of period
Developing a sense of period is about going beyond knowledge of dates and period labels to help students appreciate the kind of world in which the people that they are studying actually lived. Such understanding is obviously supported by knowledge of key events, but it also depends on being able to visualise the period – recognising the kind of conditions in which people lived – and on an appreciation of the routine ideas and assumptions that shaped their thinking. The resources in this section offer a range of strategies to help teachers plan for the development of this kind of awareness, focusing particularly on the different kinds of sources that can be used to make the ideas and attitudes of people in the past accessible and meaningful in their particular context.
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Triumphs Show 193: Year 8 imagine the First World War trenches
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Maximising the power of storytelling in the history classroom
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Film Series: Active Learning & History
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Why history teachers should not be afraid to venture into the long eighteenth century
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Using the present to construct a meaningful picture of the medieval past
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Creating a progression model for teaching historical perspectives in Key Stage 3
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It’s just reading, right? Exploring how Year 12 students approach sources
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Cunning Plan 186: teaching Samurai Japan in Key Stage 3
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Dialogue, engagement and generative interaction in the history classroom
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Historical learning using concept cartoons
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Illuminating the possibilities of the past
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Planning a more diverse and coherent Year 7 curriculum
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Using the concept of place to help Year 9 students to visualise the complexities of the Holocaust
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What can rituals reveal about power in the medieval world? Teaching Year 7 pupils to apply interdisciplinary approaches
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Deepening Year 9’s knowledge for better causation arguments
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‘One big cake’: substantive knowledge of the mid-Tudor crisis in Year 7 students’ writing
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Using individuals’ stories to help GCSE students to explain change and causation
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What Have Historians Been Arguing About... medieval science and medicine?
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Using oral history to enhance a local history partnership
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Teaching Year 8 pupils to take seriously the ideas of ordinary people from the past
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