BUILD Humanities · Teesside History Studio · Outstanding v3
Eight connected 40-minute lessons. Source-led, place-rooted, evidence-first and designed around the same Teesside Lundy language as BUILD Art.
The Big Timeline
How can clues help us place local events in a defensible chronological order?
Feeds → Pupil questions and chosen time periods set the sources and vocabulary prepared for Week 2.History Detectives
How can we distinguish what a source shows from what we infer or still cannot know?
Feeds → The source types pupils trust, question or find inaccessible set the evidence emphasis for Week 3.Why People Came
How can several causes combine to influence migration to the Tees Valley?
Feeds → Pupil cause judgements set which people/communities and evidence are prioritised for Week 4.People Who Shaped Britain
How can evidence show why a person or community matters without reducing them to one story?
Feeds → Pupil nominations and evidence set the figures/groups compared for significance in Week 5.Big Deal or Small Deal?
How can we judge significance using criteria rather than fame or personal liking?
Feeds → Pupil significance judgements set the focus/argument selected for Week 6 storyboards.Plan the Story
How can sequence, evidence and explanation turn facts into a coherent historical account?
Feeds → Pupil communication preferences and gaps set W7 storytelling routes and audience.Tell the Story
How can I communicate a historical account so an audience understands claim, evidence and uncertainty?
Feeds → Audience responses and pupil recommendations set Week 8 map emphasis and future-history recommendations.Where in the World?
How does mapping movement change our understanding of migration, connection and identity?
Feeds → Unit closes when a named adult acts on, or gives a reasoned response to, a curriculum/cultural recommendation and reports the decision/deadline back.Source & qualification guardrails
Genuine historical sources require item-level provenance/rights and accessible versions. Adapted/constructed materials must not masquerade as untouched originals. The lessons prepare evidence for the current teaching route; they do not self-certify an AQA UAS unit.