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History at key stage 3    (Year 7-9)

Unit 22: The role of the individual for good or ill?

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Outcomes

Section 1: Why are certain people 'famous'?
Children:
  • recall and use previous knowledge of famous individuals in history
  • select and classify individuals according to roles
  • identify and analyse common characteristics
  • demonstrate understanding by placing new information in the context of existing knowledge
  • reinforce conceptual understanding with reasons for why certain individuals become famous

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Section 2: Who is the person?
Children:
  • select, organise and deploy relevant information to produce structured work that demonstrates knowledge and understanding of an individual's life

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Section 3: What motivated the individual?
Children:
  • 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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Section 4: What was the impact of the individual's life at the time?
Children:
  • demonstrate knowledge of the individual's contribution to life of the time

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Section 5: How has the individual's impact been portrayed through time?
Children:
  • compare the value of different sources in answering historical questions
  • identify differences/similarities in interpretations given by a range of sources
  • demonstrate through discussion an understanding of how differences in interpretation arise

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Section 6: Was the individual's impact for good or ill?
Children:
  • identify and present orally and in writing, their analysis of the individual's impact for good or ill
  • judge through debate the amount of influence individuals have over events

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1. Why are certain people 'famous'?
2. Who is the person?
3. What motivated the individual?
4. What was the impact of the individual's life at the time?
5. How has the individual's impact been portrayed through time?
6. Was the individual's impact for good or ill?