teaching resource

Primary Sources Poster

Updated: 05 Dec 2016

A poster providing the definition and some examples of primary sources.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 2 Pages
Years: 1 - 7

Curriculum

History

Pupils should develop an awareness of the past, using common words and phrases relating to the passing of time. They should know where the people and events they study fit within a chronological framework and identify similarities and differences bet...
1. Key Stage 1 (KS1)
Geography

Pupils should develop knowledge about the world, the United Kingdom and their locality. They should understand basic subject-specific vocabulary relating to human and physical geography and begin to use geographical skills, including first-hand obser...
1. Key Stage 1 (KS1)
Geography

Pupils should extend their knowledge and understanding beyond the local area to include the United Kingdom and Europe, North and South America. This will include the location and characteristics of a range of the world's most significant human and ...
1. Key Stage 2 (KS2) - Lower
History

Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends ove...
1. Key Stage 2 (KS2) - Lower
Geography

Pupils should extend their knowledge and understanding beyond the local area to include the United Kingdom and Europe, North and South America. This will include the location and characteristics of a range of the world's most significant human and ...
1. Key Stage 2 (KS2) – Upper
History

Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends ove...
1. Key Stage 2 (KS2) – Upper

teaching resource

Primary Sources Poster

Updated: 05 Dec 2016

A poster providing the definition and some examples of primary sources.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 2 Pages
Years: 1 - 7

A poster providing the definition and some examples of primary sources.

Primary sources are original materials that are created at a specific time in history. They have not been changed or altered and provide direct or firsthand evidence about an event, person or object.

Artefacts: Coins, plant specimens, fossils, furniture, tools, clothing, objects from the period being studied.
Audio recordings: Radio programs
Diaries
Interviews: Oral histories, telephone, email.
Letters
Newspaper articles
Original documents: Birth certificates, wills, marriage certificates, trial transcripts.
Photographs
Records of organisations or government agencies: Annual reports, treaties, constitutions, government documents.
Speeches
Survey research: Market surveys, public opinion polls.
Audio recordings: Video programs.
Works of art, literature and music: Paintings, sculptures, musical scores, buildings, novels, poems.

A version with a white background is also included in the download.

Curriculum

History

Pupils should develop an awareness of the past, using common words and phrases relating to the passing of time. They should know where the people and events they study fit within a chronological framework and identify similarities and differences bet...
1. Key Stage 1 (KS1)
Geography

Pupils should develop knowledge about the world, the United Kingdom and their locality. They should understand basic subject-specific vocabulary relating to human and physical geography and begin to use geographical skills, including first-hand obser...
1. Key Stage 1 (KS1)
Geography

Pupils should extend their knowledge and understanding beyond the local area to include the United Kingdom and Europe, North and South America. This will include the location and characteristics of a range of the world's most significant human and ...
1. Key Stage 2 (KS2) - Lower
History

Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends ove...
1. Key Stage 2 (KS2) - Lower
Geography

Pupils should extend their knowledge and understanding beyond the local area to include the United Kingdom and Europe, North and South America. This will include the location and characteristics of a range of the world's most significant human and ...
1. Key Stage 2 (KS2) – Upper
History

Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends ove...
1. Key Stage 2 (KS2) – Upper

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