Students are introduced to the concept of evidence and sources, types of evidence and why evidence is important to historians.

A 21 slide fully resourced lesson including:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: What is Evidence? A definition discussion
• Slide 3-4: An outline of what evidence is and why it is important in history. Includes related discussion activities.
• Slide 5: Task - Evidence in the Workplace - Students discuss which jobs/professions require the use of evidence and why.
• Slide 6-13: Task - Evidence Guess Who - Students are presented with 6 sets of evidence (clues) to help them identify a famous person. Students need to identify the famous person and explain how the evidence led them to their answer. Includes answers and a printable worksheet.
• Slide 14-15: Guess Who Answers
• Slide 16: Task - Types of Evidence Activity with clues provided.
• Slide 17: Task - Evidence printable worksheet
• Slide 18: Task - Using evidence activity
• Slide 19: Task - Evidence Time Capsule - Students encouraged to think about 5 types of evidence from the modern day which would help historians in the future understand life in the modern world. Students then encouraged to explain their choice of evidence.
• Slide 20: Challenge Questions
• Slide 21: More from RA Resources

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