How do I progress in History?

1. How do I progress in History? What does the National Curriculum mean for me?

2. Unlocking the National Curriculum • The top two statements in every level show you how to move up to the next National Curriculum level • The Middle two statements in every level show that you are achieving a good National Curriculum level • The first two statements in every level show that you have just moved into a National Curriculum Level

3. P R O G R E S S National Curriculum Level 3 • Find useful stuff from Sources • Answer questions about the past • Describe how there are different versions of what happened • Remember facts and explain causes for an event • Work well on my own • Use the right names and dates for my history lessons Working at Level 3 I can……….

4. P R O G R E S S National Curriculum Level 4 Working at Level 4 I can………. • Find things that are the same and that are different in History • Find answers from different sources to work out your answers • Find reasons why something happened and the results • Describe what life was like in the past • Produce an accurate timeline • Use details in my work

5. P R O G R E S S National Curriculum Level 5 Working at Level 5 I can………. • See how causes and changes can be linked. • Recognise when evidence is biased and unreliable • Collect relevant information from written and visual sources • choose information to describe the past in detail • Make better use of historical words and terms • Remember important key facts

6. P R O G R E S S National Curriculum Level 6 Working at Level 6 I can………. • Analyse why history is sometimes shown in different ways • Reach my own conclusions about the past • I can use information I have collected to argue a point of view • Understand peoples’ ideas and attitudes in the past • Suggest which causes are most important • Suggest which changes are the most important

7. P R O G R E S S National Curriculum Level 7 Working at Level 7 I can………. • Investigate and reach conclusions working on my own • Evaluate and use sources critically • Analyse reasons for, and results of, events and changes • Explain how and why different versions of the past have been produced • Understand that there are different types of historical writing • Link the history of Britain to the wider world

8. P R O G R E S S National curriculum Level 8 Working at Level 8 I can………. • Explain complex historical ideas and form independent judgements • Explain reasons and results in a wider historical context • Evaluate historical sources critically • Analyse and explain different historical interpretations • Produce well structured, different types of historical writing • Select, organise and deploy relevant information

9. Exceptional Performance • Explain and analyse relationships between a wide range of events, people, ideas and changes and between the features of different societies and cultures • Analyse links between events and developments between different countries and periods • Reach sustained and balanced conclusions independently • Use information critically to produce detailed historical enquiries that support an argument • Have an extensive and detailed understanding of British history and its relationship to the wider world If I work at an exceptional level I will…….