Here the focus is on developing enquiry-led learning which is as much about asking valid historical questions as it is about finding answers . From trying to generate 12 killer questions about a significant object, pupils move onto a Call My Bluff activity in which they are given 4 possible uses of an object which they have to rank in order of plausibility
Learning objectives
- Pupils develop the ability to pose good historical questions
- Pupils are able to speculate as to possible uses of objects drawing on their contextual knowledge from session 2
- Given a range of possible explanations pupils can plump for the most plausible and explain their thinking
Step 1
With slide 2 displayed, pupils are shown some of the key sources they will be using in their on-going study of the Shang dynasty. But we are not going to tell you much about them. You are going
