| Historical Skills | Historical Knowledge |
| Academic standard: Students explain the significance of these events and developments over the short and long term.Students explain the significance of events and developments from a range of perspectives. They explain different interpretations of the past and recognise the evidence used to support these interpretations. | Academic standard: The environment movement (the 1960s – present) – Significant events and campaigns that contributed to popular awareness of environmental issues |
What does that mean?
- Significance: Sometimes, events, periods, developments, perspectives, or ideas, are regarded as having significant consequences.
- Events and developments: Things that happened, and their effect. Similar to cause and effect from last week, except it’s just talking about the impact of things.
- Range of perspectives: After World War I, different countries felt differently about the outcomes. France thought that the reparations that Germany was making were fair and just, while Germany thought it was unfair and unjust.
- Interpretation: Purposeful and thoughtful, representations of past events.
- Evidence: Assertions made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence
In everyday words:
One of the roles of being a historian is to explain to people who weren’t there, what happened, why it happened, and how that event impacted future events. Importantly, they also to understand that just because you read it in one place, doesn’t mean it’s accurate or even an honest attempt at informing other people.
In context to Historical Knowledge:
Chernobyl
In the immediate aftermath of the accident, an area of about four square miles became known as the “red forest” because of how so many trees turned reddish-brown after absorbing high levels of radiation.
Today, the exclusion zone around Chernobyl is, surprisingly, full of life. Mostly due to the exclusion of human activity around the accident site. The numbers of wildlife have increased dramatically, from lynxes to elk. In 2015 scientists estimated there were seven times as many wolves in the exclusion zone than in nearby comparable reserves. Many trees have regrown, although scientists have found elevated levels of cataracts and albinism, among a lot of wildlife species in the area.
Practice makes perfect
From at least one of the following topics:
- Nuclear Energy?
- The image of the USSR in Europe?
- Long term health impacts?
- Economic impacts
Write about what specific events lead to the developments (events and developments) you found and do so from at least two perspectives (for example, from both Western Nations and the USSR)
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