Thinking History Remembering the Enquiry Process IAN DAWSON

Thinking History Remembering the Enquiry Process IAN DAWSON www. thinkinghistory. co. uk 1

Do you remember when we did an … ENQUIRY? 2 www. thinkinghistory. co. uk - © Ian Dawson 2009

How did you start? 3 www. thinkinghistory. co. uk - © Ian Dawson 2009

Stage 1 First Evidence 4 www. thinkinghistory. co. uk - © Ian Dawson 2009

Stage 2 Asking questions WHO HOW 5 … … ? ? ? are they? did they die? www. thinkinghistory. co. uk - © Ian Dawson 2009

Stage 3 Suggesting your first hypothesis 6 Families? Soldiers? www. thinkinghistory. co. uk - © Ian Dawson 2009

How certain were you about your hypothesis? CERTAIN? UNCERTAIN? 7 www. thinkinghistory. co. uk - © Ian Dawson 2009

How certain were you about your hypothesis? What words did you use? Maybe Not sure Possibly Perhaps 8 www. thinkinghistory. co. uk - © Ian Dawson 2009

Stage 4 Testing your hypothesis with more evidence 9 www. thinkinghistory. co. uk - © Ian Dawson 2009

Stage 5 Revising your hypothesis Soldiers from the Battle of Stamford Bridge? 10 www. thinkinghistory. co. uk - © Ian Dawson 2009

Were you Stage 5 more certain? Revising your CERTAIN hypothesis UNCERTAIN 11 www. thinkinghistory. co. uk - © Ian Dawson 2009

Re-running Stage 4 Re-testing against more evidence 12 www. thinkinghistory. co. uk - © Ian Dawson 2009

Re-running Stage 5 Final Hypothesis 13 www. thinkinghistory. co. uk - © Ian Dawson

And the words you used? I’m fairly sure … They were probably … I’m certain … 14 www. thinkinghistory. co. uk - © Ian Dawson 2009

Conclusion Do you remember when we identified … the enquiry process? 15 www. thinkinghistory.

The Enquiry Process First Evidence Questions Hypothesis 16 Revised Hypothesis More Evidence www. thinkinghistory. co. uk - © Ian Dawson 2009

Why does the Enquiry Process help you do better in history? 17 www. thinkinghistory.

Acknowledgements Thanks to Dr. Claire Smith and the students of Leeds Trinity PGCE course To Hodder Education And to the unknown Viking in York 18 www. thinkinghistory. co. uk - © Ian Dawson 2009