History - an introduction

 

Today in History, year 4 met their brand new history teacher!  Our key question was: why do we study History? We had a fascinating discussion inspired by the famous quote, "the more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future" ~Theodore Roosevelt. We explored some examples of how beneficial it can be to learn from the past. Year 4 could recall lots of information about the Great Fire of London, and how much society learned from the mistakes that caused and worsened the fire.

We then explored the two types of sources that historians might use in order to learn about the past: primary sources and secondary sources. Finally, we started to explore events that occurred in the time of the Roman Empire. We explored the meaning of BC and AD and used our knowledge to un-muddle a muddled timeline of these events. We are so excited to learn more!



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