Assessment history skills

Tudor Grange Academy History Skills Test

Year 7 History Assessment Test 1

Tudor Grange Year 7 Assessment 1 Question 1: Match the word to the meaning. Skill: Vocabulary (Level 1 – 4)

Word 1) Century

a)

2) 3) 4) 5) 6)

b) c) d) e) f)

Decade BC AD Periods Millennium

Meaning (jumbled up) Anno Domini. These Latin words mean after Christ One thousand years Separate division of time One hundred years Before Christ Every ten years

Question 2: Use the timeline to help you.

Match the periods to the timeline in the correct chronological order. Skill: Chronology (Level 1 – 4)

Victorian 1837-1901 Anglo-Saxon 400-1066 Norman 1066-1154 Edwardian 1901-1910 Tudor 1485-1603 Roman Britain 43 BC – 400 AD Stuart 1603-1714 Modern Times

Question 3: Understanding key terminology is really important, and it can help to show that you understand historical concepts. Write a definition for each of the key terms that we have studied this half term.

(If you add an example we can give you higher grades!) Skill: Vocabulary Level 1 – 5

Bias _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Chronology _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Empathy _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Anachronism _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________

Question 4: Historians and detectives have to make use of evidence to help them understand what has taken place in the past. There are different types of evidence.

Copy the headings below. List the types of evidence you see from the box below.

Artefacts

Oral

Pictures

Types of evidence

TYPES OF EVIDENCE

Written

Source sheet Source A

Source B:

IS DETECTIVE COLUMBONE CLUELESS? Last week a robbery took place at the home of Lady Moneybags. A large diamond was stolen from her safe. Detective Columbone was called in to solve the crime but he was confused by the mystery.

He seems to have

missed some important clues. Our reporter went to the house and noticed things that the detective didn’t. The evidence our reporter spotted included an open window, fingerprints, an escape rope and footprints outside the window. Our reporter also spoke to the butler who said that he had heard at 10pm.

Detective Columbone thinks that this is an important clue but our

reporter has found out that the butler is a bit deaf. He might have been

The job of the historians is very similar to that of

mistaken. Lady Moneybags has also given our reporter a threatening letter

a detective. Both have to collect evidence to that she was sent.

Our reporter thinks that the police are not finding the

build up a clear picture of an event. Historians correct clues.

want to find out what happened in the past.

Just like a detective, a good historian will search for evidence and ask questions.

Skill: Historical Enquiry (Level 1 – 5)

Question 5: Look at Source A and answer the following questions. a) What clues are there in the cartoon to help Daft Dog Detective solve the crime? List all the clues you can find:

b) Why does Daft Dog Detective fail to solve the crime?

c) If you were helping Daft Dog Detective with the case what questions would you want to ask about the crime?

Write a list of 5 questions to find out what happened.

Evidence also has to be tested to see if it is reliable, for example true or accurate.

Skill: Historical Enquiry (Level 1 – 5)

Question 6: Look at Source B and answer the following questions.

Just write

the missing word. Choose from the box below. a) Historians hunt for clues. They call these clues ………………………… . b) The word for objects that historians use as evidence is …………………… . c) Evidence, which is spoken, for example interviews, is called …………….. . d) In the Diamond Mystery there was one piece of evidence that could not be trusted. It was the …………………………………………………… e) It could not be trusted because …………………………….. . f) There was also a letter sent to Lady Moneybags. One problem with this letter is that it could be ……………………………………………. . g) This would make the letter …………………………………………………….. .

evidence

oral

artefact

forged

interview with the butler unreliable

he was deaf