Historian’s palettes
‘Historian’s palettes’ are designed to be used to support pupils’ writing in history. There will ultimately be a suite, each one focused directly on a key disciplinary concept. We start with using sources/enquiry and causation, soon to be followed by interpretations, chronology, characteristic features/diversity, change and continuity and significance.
For ease of use all will ultimately be placed on one single PowerPoint presentation the relevant slides being displayed while children are thinking how to best express their ideas, as a historian would. We hope you find them helpful. Any feedback, as always, much appreciated.
Historian’s palette – characteristics
We often talk about historical thinking on the site but what about historical writing. How do you help children to write as a historian. Obviously there is the opportunity to…
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We often talk about historical thinking on the site but what about historical writing. How do you help children to write as a historian. Obviously there is the opportunity to…
Read MoreHistorian’s palette – interpretations
We often talk about historical thinking on the site but what about historical writing. How do you help children to write as a historian. Obviously there is the opportunity to…
Read MoreHistorian’s palette – change and continuity
We often talk about historical thinking on the site but what about historical writing. How do you help children to write as a historian. Obviously there is the opportunity to…
Read MoreHistorian’s palette – using sources
We often talk about historical thinking on the site but what about historical writing. How do you help children to write as a historian. Obviously there is the opportunity to…
Read MoreHistorian’s palette – causation
We often talk about historical thinking on the site but what about historical writing. How do you help children to write as a historian. Obviously there is the opportunity to…
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All content on Keystage history is written and quality assured by Neil Thompson, a former history teacher, county history adviser and Ofsted inspector with more than 30 years’ experience in history education.