This is a starter unit for Key Stage 3 History - a series of seven engaging activities that introduce pupils to the key ideas needed to study history. The Schools History Project first made an impact with its ground-breaking What is History? course which helped transform the teaching of history. Twenty-five years later this is "What is History?" for a new generation of pupils. It takes the key elements of National Curriculum History and introduces pupils to them through a series of speedy but engaging historical investigations drawn from the entire Key Stage 3 Programme of Study. Pupils explore seven 'zones' of the history world: the 'time' zone, the 'enquiry' zone, the 'interpretations' zone; they 'why' zone; the 'significance' zone; the 'empathy' zone; and finally the 'improvement' zone.

 

This book is part of a book series called What Is History .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Hodder Education .

Ian Dawson is Publications Director of the Schools History Project and creator of www. thinkinghistory. co. uk.