GROW · Humanities · Teesside History Studio · Week 1 of 8
Time Detectives
AQA UAS ‘History around us’ · GROW tier
🎯 Learning objective: I can build a chronology, calculate/compare intervals and challenge a placement using evidence rather than appearance.
✅ Success criteria
- I can use dates/decades/centuries and intervals accurately.
- I can distinguish exact, approximate and bounded dates.
- I can challenge a chronology with a defensible clue or anachronism.
📜 defensible history🔎 provenance/source utility⏱ 40 min
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Time DetectivesDATE & CHALLENGE → SOURCE UTILITY → RANK CAUSES → AGENCY → SIGNIFICANCE → ACCOUNT → MAPInherited
Unit start — retrieve chronological language and use uncertainty honestly; personal/family history is never required.
Unit start — retrieve chronological language and use uncertainty honestly; personal/family history is never required.
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Feeds next
Your chronology misconceptions and questions set the date supports and source set used in Week 2.
Your chronology misconceptions and questions set the date supports and source set used in Week 2.
GROW entryState/date with support.
GROW secureRank, qualify and explain with evidence.
LAUNCH reachCorroborate, weigh interpretations and transfer.
Source gate: genuine pupil source = what/who/when/origin/rights. Adapted/constructed material is labelled as such, never presented as an untouched original.
SPACE · steel
VOICE · rust
AUDIENCE · teal
INFLUENCE · gold
GROW History Studio: predictable structure, visible success criteria, quiet response time.
⏱ 3 min
🚪 Arrival · retrieve the historian spineInherited
Unit start — retrieve chronological language and use uncertainty honestly; personal/family history is never required.
Unit start — retrieve chronological language and use uncertainty honestly; personal/family history is never required.
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Feeds next
Your chronology misconceptions and questions set the date supports and source set used in Week 2.
Your chronology misconceptions and questions set the date supports and source set used in Week 2.
◆ Supported
Put 1825, 1911 and today in order; identify the oldest.
▲ Standard
Calculate an interval between two supplied dates and state the century.
★ Stretch
Explain why a date range can be more historically honest than an exact year.
GROW Humanities Voice can be
🗣 explain / qualify☝ point / select🧩 rank / map / sequence✍ annotate / short edit🔁 re-attempt🎙 authorised voice response
Quiet response time; no public comparison. Personal/family history is optional.
SPACE · steel
VOICE · rust
AUDIENCE · teal
INFLUENCE · gold
Retrieve the prior historian judgement without personal disclosure.
⏱ 3 min
🌱 Starter · question before conclusion🔍 Enquiry
How can dates, periods and intervals help us build and challenge chronology?
A timeline looks neat and certain. Historians often are not. Which kind of clue lets you challenge a date rather than simply accept it?
ANCHOR THE FIXED DATESPause for pupil noticing/decision before the next frame.
CALCULATE THE INTERVALSPause for pupil noticing/decision before the next frame.
CHALLENGE WITH A CLUEPause for pupil noticing/decision before the next frame.
LEAVE HONEST UNCERTAINTYPause for pupil noticing/decision before the next frame.
GROW Humanities Voice can be
🗣 explain / qualify☝ point / select🧩 rank / map / sequence✍ annotate / short edit🔁 re-attempt🎙 authorised voice response
Quiet response time; no public comparison. Personal/family history is optional.
SPACE · steel
VOICE · rust
AUDIENCE · teal
INFLUENCE · gold
Question/doubt before verdict.
⏱ 4 min
👩🏫 I Do · model defensible reasoning🧠 Reveal one controlled decision at a time.
Anchor fixed evidence first; then calculate intervals and place approximate/range items around it.
Use terminus-style reasoning in simple language: a clue can give an earliest/latest possible point without giving an exact date.
Challenge appearance-based dating with anachronisms and explicit uncertainty.
SPACE · steel
VOICE · rust
AUDIENCE · teal
INFLUENCE · gold
Teacher models defensible reasoning; support staff watch source access and ownership.
⏱ 3 min
🤝 We Do · evidence hingeCommit before reveal: A source shows a building that opened in 1911 and a vehicle model introduced in 1928. What is the strongest date claim?
First attempt is information. Use the visual/material evidence and re-attempt if needed.
GROW Art Voice can be
🗣 explain / compare☝ point / select🎨 make / demonstrate✍ annotate / edit🔁 retry / refine🎙 authorised voice/clip
Quiet response time is available. No public comparison. Personal disclosure is optional.
SPACE · steel
VOICE · rust
AUDIENCE · teal
INFLUENCE · gold
Adult genuinely receives the response; next question/source scaffold changes.
⏱ 3 min
👩🏫 I Do 2 · qualify / compare🧠 Reveal one controlled decision at a time.
Chronology is explanatory when intervals matter: rapid change versus long continuity.
A challenged placement needs a reason and evidence, not contrarianism.
Record what evidence would resolve a remaining chronological doubt; that question shapes W2 sources.
SPACE · steel
VOICE · rust
AUDIENCE · teal
INFLUENCE · gold
Teacher models defensible reasoning; support staff watch source access and ownership.
⏱ 4 min
🤝 We Do 2 · interactive history labModel first, evidence next: the interactive panel is rehearsal only. Real source/map/assessment evidence remains in the authorised pack.
🕰 Chronology challenge board
182519111928Now
These dates are schematic lesson anchors, not primary sources.
GROW Humanities Voice can be
🗣 explain / qualify☝ point / select🧩 rank / map / sequence✍ annotate / short edit🔁 re-attempt🎙 authorised voice response
Quiet response time; no public comparison. Personal/family history is optional.
SPACE · steel
VOICE · rust
AUDIENCE · teal
INFLUENCE · gold
Adult genuinely receives the response; next question/source scaffold changes.
⏱ 16 min
📜 Independent · defensible evidence📜 Independent historian mission
Build and challenge a chronology from the approved Teesside/local clue set. Calculate at least two intervals, qualify one date as exact/approximate/range and challenge one placement using a clue or anachronism.
16 minutes. Challenge routes alter reasoning demand, not source readability/access.
📚 HISTORY EVIDENCE READY
MaterialsLocally approved/credited source, clue, atlas/map or Week 6 plan/support materials appropriate to this lesson.
Access / carePersonal/family disclosure is optional. Provide enlarged/chunked/transcribed/audio/colour-safe source routes as needed. W7 uses only pre-agreed assessment access.
Evidence targetChronology + interval work + challenged/qualified placement and pupil reasoning.
◆ Order 5–6 cards with date/decade anchors and justify one challenge.
Exact · approximate · before · after · decade · century.
Fade the first content prompt no longer needed; keep sensory/motor/navigation access.
▲ Order 7–9 cards, calculate intervals and justify two placements/challenges.
Date → interval → clue → confidence/challenge.
Fade the first content prompt no longer needed; keep sensory/motor/navigation access.
★ Resolve a contradictory clue set by proposing the most defensible range and state what extra evidence would test it.
Compare competing date interpretations and explain why one is stronger, not certain.
Fade the first content prompt no longer needed; keep sensory/motor/navigation access.
1 · Historical judgementchallenge, utility, rank, agency, significance, thesis or map interpretation
2 · Evidencesource/clue/map/plan with provenance where applicable
3 · Reasoningbecause, comparison, qualification, uncertainty or limitation
GROW Humanities Voice can be
🗣 explain / qualify☝ point / select🧩 rank / map / sequence✍ annotate / short edit🔁 re-attempt🎙 authorised voice response
Quiet response time; no public comparison. Personal/family history is optional.
SPACE · steel
VOICE · rust
AUDIENCE · teal
INFLUENCE · gold
Pupil ranks, qualifies, explains and monitors; content prompts fade.
⏱ 4 min
🎫 Exit · evidence → response → Influence◆ Supported
State/show one judgement and the evidence behind it.
▲ Standard
Explain one judgement plus a limitation/qualification.
★ Stretch
Transfer today’s historian routine to an unfamiliar source/question and weigh an alternative interpretation.
🔁 GROW Humanities close
VOICE: Pupil may move cards, calculate, annotate or explain verbally; doubt with a reason is expected.
AUDIENCE: adult genuinely receives and names the reasoning before R.
INFLUENCE: Chronology gaps/questions determine W2 date supports and source set.
No second closure/receipt system is added. The shared Reading the Response approach remains the interpretation route.
Inherited
Unit start — retrieve chronological language and use uncertainty honestly; personal/family history is never required.
Unit start — retrieve chronological language and use uncertainty honestly; personal/family history is never required.
→
Feeds next
Your chronology misconceptions and questions set the date supports and source set used in Week 2.
Your chronology misconceptions and questions set the date supports and source set used in Week 2.
GROW Humanities Voice can be
🗣 explain / qualify☝ point / select🧩 rank / map / sequence✍ annotate / short edit🔁 re-attempt🎙 authorised voice response
Quiet response time; no public comparison. Personal/family history is optional.
SPACE · steel
VOICE · rust
AUDIENCE · teal
INFLUENCE · gold
Short edit/verbal reply/re-attempt is received before R; Influence shapes next lesson/assessment plan.