Every card in Working with evidence, Year 7: more practice
The whole deck, in order — so you can read it through before your child ever sees it.
- Which century does the year 1066 belong to?
The eleventh century
HintYears 1 to 100 make the first of these periods of 100 years.
WhyThe eleventh century runs from AD 1001 to AD 1100. A year ending in 01 to 00 belongs to the century numbered one higher than its first two digits.
- Which came first: the sealing of Magna Carta or the Black Death in England?
Magna Carta
HintOne happened in the thirteenth century and the other in the fourteenth.
WhyMagna Carta was sealed in 1215. The Black Death reached England in 1348, more than a century later.
- How many years passed between the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and Magna Carta in 1215? (number only)
149
HintSubtract the earlier year from the later one.
Why1215 − 1066 = 149. Subtracting works whenever both years are AD.
- Which monarch gives the "Victorian" period its name?
Queen Victoria
HintPeriod labels are often taken from the ruler of the time.
WhyVictoria reigned from 1837 to 1901, so "Victorian" describes that period. Not every period label comes from a monarch: "medieval" simply means "middle ages".
- An emperor ordered a monument celebrating his own victory. Why should a historian be careful with it?
Its maker wanted to impress, so it may leave out failures
HintThink about who paid for it and why.
WhyAsking "why was this made?" is part of provenance. A monument made to boast is good evidence of what the emperor wanted people to believe, but a poor guide to what really happened.
- Why does it matter who a source was made FOR?
The audience shapes what the maker says or leaves out
HintYou write differently to a friend than to a headteacher.
WhyA letter to a parent, a report to a commander and a public poster all say different things about the same events.
- A letter written in 1940 by a child evacuee is what kind of source about the Second World War?
A primary source
HintWas it made at the time, or looking back later?
WhyA primary source comes from the time being studied. A history book written in 2020 about evacuees would be secondary.
- When you make an inference from a source, what must you point to in order to support it?
A detail in the source
HintYou need something you can actually see or read.
WhyAn inference is a judgement from clues, so you should always name the clue. Without it, the inference is just a guess.
- "The map shows a bridge." Is that an observation or an inference?
An observation
HintIs it something you can see, or something you worked out?
WhyAn observation says what the source shows directly. "The town needed to cross a river" would be an inference, because the map does not say it outright.
- What does a blue plaque on a building usually mark?
That a notable person lived or worked there
HintIt is a small round sign on the outside wall.
WhyIn England the blue plaque scheme marks buildings linked with famous people. Local clues like these show history you can walk past.
1★ KS3-HIST-EVI-0023
2★ KS3-HIST-EVI-0024
3★ KS3-HIST-EVI-0025
4★ KS3-HIST-EVI-0026
5★ KS3-HIST-EVI-0027
6★ KS3-HIST-EVI-0028
7★ KS3-HIST-EVI-0029
8★ KS3-HIST-EVI-0030
9★ KS3-HIST-EVI-0031
10★ KS3-HIST-EVI-0032
Keep what you learn
Here, nothing is saved. In your child’s own sky every card is scheduled — it comes back just before they’d forget it — and the professor who wrote it is one tap away.