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:

• Know about and understand the past so that they can understand the present. 

• Know that the way we are today is shaped by what has happened in the past.  

• Develop understanding of change in life. 

• Develop understanding of people, for example causes and consequences of actions 

• Develop understanding and question the use of power. 

• Recognise injustice and justice 

• Develop as citizens through their knowledge of how society has developed, for example through democracy. 

• Identify and understand their own place in the world 

• Develop as critical thinkers.  

• Develop the skill of discerning truth and untruth