B1 History · Term 1 Week 2: Why and How We Study History

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B1.1.1.1.2 - Describe how sources of historical evidence help us find out about past human activities

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least three different sources of historical evidence (such as photographs, songs, and family members’ memories) and state what each one can tell us about the past.
Describe how songs and rhymes connected to birthdays, festivals, and weddings preserve information about past celebrations and activities.
Discuss how people find out about their own past by asking elders, looking at pictures, and observing family records.
Arrange their own birthday information chronologically on a class register, demonstrating an understanding of how records help us remember past events.
Explain, in simple terms, why photographs, songs, and stories help us know what happened before we were born.

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Curriculum details

Strand: History as a Subject (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Why and How We Study History (1.1)
Content standard: B1.1.1.1 - Demonstrate understanding of what history is about and how it is part of everyday life.
Indicator: B1.1.1.1.2 - Describe how sources of historical evidence help us find out about past human activities
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 2 (Week 2 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: History Curriculum (Basic 1-6), 2019, p. 2
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Enquiry route: where do we get information about our past? Why do we celebrate birthdays and festivals?
1. Sing songs or recite rhymes related to celebrations such as birthdays, festivals and weddings as part of history.
2. Sketch/show a video of a scene depicting a birthday, funeral, wedding and festival celebration
3. Start a birthday partnership/register to make history alive in the classroom. Learners write their date of birth chronologically on a manila card and this should be hanged in the classroom. At the end of every history lesson, the class could refer to these records for an upcoming birthday.
4. Build an album of themselves and family members, starting with earlier pictures and photographs to resent ones