History
The present comes from the past and is based on the past. We cannot understand the present without understanding the past.
Through studying History, pupils will:
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Know about and understand the past so that they can understand the present.
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Know that the way we are today is shaped by what has happened in the past.
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Develop understanding of change in life.
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Develop understanding of people, for example causes and consequences of actions
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Develop understanding and question the use of power.
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Recognise injustice and justice
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Develop as citizens through their knowledge of how society has developed, for example through democracy.
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Identify and understand their own place in the world
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Develop as critical thinkers.
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Develop the skill of discerning truth and untruth