History at key stage 3 (Year 7-9)
Unit 22: The role of the individual for good or ill?
Section 3: What motivated the individual?
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Objectives |
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- to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the role played by the individual in a key historical event
- to analyse the role played by the individual and their reasons for becoming involved in a key historical event
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Activities |
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- Pupils should analyse the individual's involvement in a significant event. Tell them a story of the event. Ask the pupils to present their recollection of the story as an eight-frame storyboard. Ask them to make sure their frames show the role played by the individual in the event.
- Extend the exercise by asking pupils to work in groups to produce a two-minute news report which considers the following two questions:
- How and why did the individual become involved?
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What difference did they make to the outcome of the event?
- Give the pupils additional sources to help them with their news reports. For the first question it may help to ask the pupils to consider whether the individual:
became involved by chance or design; had a ready-made plan to put into operation; was in the right place at the right time; simply 'seized the moment'. For the second question it may help to get the pupils to start by speculating what would have happened if the individual had not been involved.
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- describe the role played by the individual in a key historical event
- produce a news report which analyses the role played by an individual in an event and their reasons for becoming involved
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Points to note |
- As an alternative, pupils could be numbered '1' or '2'. First the teacher tells the story to the '1s', who then immediately retell it to the '2s'. Both '1s' and '2s' then complete the storyboard.
- More able pupils could be encouraged to try to make links between the motivation of the individual and their actions.
- Language for learning: follow an argument, demonstration, etc, making notes which are then used in another task.
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