History at key stage 3 (Year 8)
Unit 7: Images of an age what can we learn from portraits 1500-1750?
Section 5: What don't portraits tell us?
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Objectives |
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- about aspects of the contrast between the lives of the powerful and the lives of poorer members of society
- about the strengths and limitations of different sources
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Activities |
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- Discuss the limitations of portraits as sources of information. Ask the pupils to list questions about life 1500-1750 that cannot be answered by using portraits. Discuss how we can learn more,
eg about the lives of poor people at the time.
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- give reasons to show understanding of the limitations of portraits as sources of information
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Points to note |
- Teachers might wish to extend this activity to develop pupils' knowledge and understanding of a broad range of sources. This could be done by focusing on a particular event, individual or topic from the period,
eg the Plague, Guy Fawkes, textile workers in the domestic system.
- Key skills: this activity will provide opportunities for pupils to demonstrate evidence of communication (discussing, evaluating sources).
- ICT: pupils could use interactive investigation to compare two alleged portraits of Olaudah Equiano as an introduction to this activity. These could be downloaded onto the school intranet from the BBC website or pupils could also search the internet.
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