1. Year 9 History: Contextual Homework
Each week, you will be given homework that requires you to use different critical thinking skills that are often used when studying History. These assignments will usually relate closely to the topic we are studying in lesson. There are six thinking skills:
Historical Significance
Why events/people/concepts are important to history.
Continuity & Change
Examining the people/events/concepts that contributed to or prevented change.
Evidence
The ability to analyse sources to support ideas about the past.
Historical Perspectives
The ability to consider the point of view of both modern and historic people.
Cause & Consequence
The ability to link ideas or events based on a causal relationship.
The Ethical Dimension
Examining historical enquiries through the lens of morals and ethics.

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Year 9 History: Contextual Homework
Continuity & Change
Examining the people/events/concepts that contributed to or prevented change.
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Lesson Date at the beginning of your History Lesson.
How did Vikings pose a threat to Anglo-Saxon England? How did Edward deal with this threat?

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Historical Perspectives
The ability to consider the point of view of both modern and historic people.
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Lesson Date at the beginning of your History Lesson.
p. 23 & 24: The rising against Earl Tostig
Lower ability: Identify two reasons why people in Northumbria didn’t like Earl Tostig.
Explain why there was a rising against Earl Tostig in Use the assigned reading to assist you with this.

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Year 9 History: Contextual Homework
Historical Significance
Why events/people/concepts are important to history.
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Lesson Date at the beginning of your History Lesson.
What was the Bayeux Tapestry
and why is it historically significant?

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Cause & Consequences
The ability to make links between factors or events based on a causal relationship.
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This assignment is due:
Lesson Date at the beginning of your History Lesson.
p. 32 & 33: 1.4 The Norman Invasion
What advantages did the Normans have that allowed them to win the Battle of Hastings? Use the assigned reading to assist you answer this.

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Evidence
The ability to analyse sources to support ideas about the past.
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This assignment is due:
Lesson Date at the beginning of your History Lesson.
Examine Source A: What event is being shown in the tapestry and explain the battle strategies being employed by the two sides.