Developing enquiries

Developing child led enquires encourages children to be active learners by raising their own questions which supports a whole classroom. Good enquiry questions support higher order skills such as: analysing, evaluating, researching, interpreting, critical thinking and reaching a final judgement or conclusion.

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  • What confuses primary children in history...

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    Young children who automatically see shiny things as new no matter what their age, those who mix up technology from one age with another, those who dismiss people in the past as stupid because they did not have the possessions we have today, those who equate the age of a...

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  • What do we mean by Big Picture History?

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    Perhaps the best way to start thinking about Big Picture history is to say what it is not - it is not about rote learning dates or remembering ‘famous people and events' - Alfred the Great, The Battle of Hastings, Henry VIII, Florence Nightingale ....and so on! This factual knowledge...

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  • What made Cleopatra so special?

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    Ancient Egyptian civilisation is rich and mysterious with distinctive visual imagery and strange animal-headed gods. The exotic differences of the society have always intrigued the western imagination and so they continue to ensure that this is a popular unit with both teachers and children. There are plentiful resources with new...

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