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Using Learning Curve content
History
All Learning Curve materials are relevant to the History National Curriculum; see the Index for details. The inclusion of primary sources allows pupils the chance to develop their ability to handle original sources, critically evaluate them in an historical context, and discover what the sources reveal about the people and times that created them.
Literacy
Established readers can learn to read a range of texts, build vocabulary and carry out information retrieval. Established writers can learn to redraft and provide narrative structure to their work. In addition, we provide some snapshots designed specifically for literacy.
ICT
Learning Curve provides opportunities to contribute to the curriculum requirement for ICT. Find out more about ICT in History.
Types of Learning Curve content
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These are lesson-sized activities, usually an inquiry with questions or tasks based on one or two individual sources. They can be used online or printed out for classroom use.
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Focus On investigations encourage skills in handling different types of historical sources, including cartoons, documents, census material and film. Focus On Census also supports the National Curriculum element for local history study. These investigations are interactive and some include quizzes.
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These provide in-depth information, organised into galleries and case studies that investigate a particular question or theme related to the topic. Pupils are given guided access to primary sources and are encouraged to explore wider conclusions. They learn how to construct an argument and to support it with appropriate evidence.
Interactive tasks, games, worksheets, background information, useful notes on sources, timelines, glossaries and teacher's notes are included. Where the original source is difficult to read, we provide transcripts and sometimes simplified transcripts.
The exhibitions are inherently flexible. It is not necessary to work through a whole exhibition. According to the constraints of time and different courses, individual galleries, case studies or selected sources can be used for stand-alone activities in the classroom. They can be used for homework, group work, coursework, revision or research. You can develop your own source questions if you prefer, according to the specific needs of your pupils.
The Learning Curve Teacher’s booklet, which is free to all teachers, can be ordered from us or downloaded from the site. Download the teacher’s booklet
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