Historical Enquiries and Interpretations
Transition Training Session 1
By Author: Dr. Michael Riley. Web Editor: Simon Brown, published 15th March 2011
This is the first of 5 sessions arising from the 2005 KS2-KS3 History Transition Project:
- Transition training session 1: Historical Enquiries & Interpretations
- Transition training session 2: Using ICT in the teaching of history
- Transition training session 3: Extended writing in history
- Transition training session 4: Joan of Arc - Saint, Witch or Warrior
- Transition training session 5: What makes good primary history?
Please note: these resources pre-date the 2014 National Curriculum.
Historical Enquiries and Interpretations
Dr. Michael Riley started his session by showing a Key Stage 1 history reader called Orphan Mary. It told the story of a Victorian mill girl who injured her finger on machinery in a weaving shed. The story ended happily. Dr. Riley explained that when he had told the story to a Key Stage 1 class, and asked their opinion of it, a six year-old girl exclaimed: "That's rubbish! The accidents were much worse than that - people trapped their hair and their arms!"