1. Researching your historians independently
Historians: lesson 2
Researching your historians independently

2. Historians: lesson 2 Evaluate
Whether you are convinced by your historians
Know
Your historian’s interpretations in relation to your investigation
Understand
The specific arguments made by your historian

3. Researching your historians
This lesson is based on independent study. At your own pace, you will work towards the following outcomes:
To have read extracts from your historians
To have used your reading to summarise your historians overall argument + their specific reasons for that argument
To have researched the context in which your historian writes
To have considered how your theme analysis proves your historians to be convincing/unconvincing
The next slide has the above outcomes chunked down into specific activities.
As you get on with these activities, I will be circulating around the room to ensure you fully understand your historians, as we head towards writing up our historians section next week.

4. TASK 1 TASK 2 TASK 3 CHALLENGE TASK 4
Write your name on a post-it, and make sure it is stuck on the task you are on. This means I can see where you all are!
Know
Your historian’s interpretations in relation to your investigation
Understand
The specific arguments made by your historian
Evaluate
Whether you are convinced by your historians
TASK 1
Finish reading your historians and answering the questions relating to the reading
TASK 2
On a blank piece of paper, write down:
Your historians answer to your c/w question
Specific arguments/evidence they use to support their judgement
TASK 3
Collect a ‘context in which they write sheet’ and complete the activities
CHALLENGE
Grab a coursework from last years cohort and read their historians section. Give their historians section a mark using the AO3 mark scheme in your planner.
Get students to put a post-it on the board with their name so we can see where they are
TASK 4
Collect a ‘linking historians to your themes’ sheet, copy the table into your own notes and fill it in
HINT: Pick a coursework from last year and see how they linked their historians and themes

5. The next slides are work sheets to print

6. Context in which your historians write
TASK: For each historian, answer the following questions.
When was the historian active and writing about this history?
Can you find any biographical information about the historian (nationality, education, political views)
Which particular periods, people, groups, events or ideas are the main focus of the historian’s work?
Does your historian have a specific focus? (Economic history, social history, political history)
How does the historian describe/evaluate different people or groups? Does the historian sound positive or negative about particular people, groups or classes?
Does the historian express any value judgements or unfair assumptions about particular people, groups or events?
What evidence does the historian draw upon? What evidence do they overlook, reject or downplay?
Does the historian form conclusions that are not supported by the evidence?
What other historians/works does this historian reference?
Challenge!
Highlight any answers that should be considered a strength in one colour, and any answers that should be considered a limit in a second colour
Context in which your historians write
TASK: For each historian, answer the following questions.
When was the historian active and writing about this history?
Can you find any biographical information about the historian (nationality, education, political views)
Which particular periods, people, groups, events or ideas are the main focus of the historian’s work?
Does your historian have a specific focus? (Economic history, social history, political history)
How does the historian describe/evaluate different people or groups? Does the historian sound positive or negative about particular people, groups or classes?
Does the historian express any value judgements or unfair assumptions about particular people, groups or events?
What evidence does the historian draw upon? What evidence do they overlook, reject or downplay?
Does the historian form conclusions that are not supported by the evidence?
What other historians/works does this historian reference?
Challenge!
Highlight any answers that should be considered a strength in one colour, and any answers that should be considered a limit in a second colour

7. Linking Historians to your Themes
In your themes, you are expected to evaluate whether your historians are convincing. Completing the table below (in your own notes – this one is too small!) will start getting you to think about which of your historians are convincing, based on your analysis of different events.
Theme
Historian 1 (what events do they link to? Do they support/challenge your argument?)
Historians 2 (what events do they link to? Do they support/challenge your argument?)
Draw on whiteboard?