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In this lesson, the children will discuss how we find out about the past. They will focus on the key historical skill of evidence and interpretation. They will then be history detectives themselves by looking at images of things related to the Black Country in the past and they will decide what the pictures tell them. 
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The file contains the following resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–    An editable lesson presentation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–    An editable lesson plan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–      Evidence pictures
–      Activity worksheet <\/p>\n\n\n\n

–      Picture prompt sheet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–      An editable challenge activity (included in the lesson presentation) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

National curriculum objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pupils should be taught about significant historical events, people, and places in their own locality. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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