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ATTAINMENT LEVELS FOR KEY STAGE 3 HISTORY LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5 LEVEL 6 LEVEL 7 LEVEL 8

Knowledge and

understanding

of the past

I can use some basic

facts about the past

in my work.

I can use some

accurate details in my

work and identify some

similarities and

differences between

different periods I

have studied.

I can use accurate

details to describe and

compare the different

events, people and

changes I have studied.

I can use detailed

facts to answer

questions about the

past and show my

understanding of the

different topics I have

studied.

I can select detailed

factual knowledge from

the different periods I

have studied to answer

questions about past

events, people and

changes

I can select detailed factual

knowledge to answer

questions about past events,

people and changes and

compare them with other

periods I have studied

I can select detailed

factual knowledge from

the different topics I

have studied to analyse

past events, people and

changes.

Explaining howand why things

happened

I know that peoplehad reasons for

their actions in the

past.

I am beginning tounderstand a few

reasons why things

happened in the past

I can describe somereasons and/or results

of events and changes

I have studied.

I can explain in somedetail several reasons

and/or results of

events and changes I

have studied.

I can explain in detaildifferent kinds of

reasons and results of

events and changes I

have studied.

I can explain in detaildifferent types of reasons

and results showing that

they can be linked together

and vary in importance.

I can explain in detaildifferent types of

reasons and results, how

they are linked

together and evaluate

their importance.

Understanding

chronology and

change

I can put some basic

events and objects

into order.

I can describe how

people’s lives today

are different from

people’s lives in the

past.

I understand that the

past can be divided into

different periods. Ican tell that there

were differences

between different

times in the past.

I can use terms abouttime, such as century,

BC and AD.

I can use dates and

chronological words.

I can recognise and

describe some changes

between different

times in the past.

I can use chronological

words and dates

accurately and put

events into date order.

I can explain changes

between different

times in the past.

I can identify and explain

in detail different kinds

of changes.

I can show, in detail, how

some changes in the past

happened more quickly

than others.

I can explain in detail

the importance of a change

and understand why some

changes are more important

than others.

I can write in detail to

explain and evaluate the

importance of different

kinds of changes.

Understanding

different

interpretations

of history

I understand that

there are different

ways of presenting

information about

the past.

I can describe

different ways of

presenting information

about the past.

I am beginning to

understand that people

can have different

views about what

happened in the past.

I can suggest some

reasons why people

have different views

about what happened in

the past.

I understand how

different views about the

past come about and can

explain some reasons why

they are different.

I can explain in detail how

and why different views

about the past have come

about

I can explain and

analyse in depth how

and why different views

about the past have

come about.

Using

historical

sources

I can use a source to

answer simple

questions about the

past.

I can use a source to

work things out about

the past

I can put together

information from

several sources to

answer a question and

work things out aboutthe past

I can decide how useful

a source is for finding

out about the past and

can make some points

about how reliable it is;for example if it is

biased or from the

time.

I can use sources to

reach conclusions about

the past and explain in

detail how useful and

reliable the sources are.

I always use sources

critically (by deciding how

useful and reliable they are)

to reach my own conclusions

about the past andsupporting them with

detailed examples from the

sources I have studied.

I can carry out my own

investigations into the

past, choosing my own

sources and using them

critically to reach myown detailed

conclusions.

Organising and

communicating

what you have

learnt

I can show some

basic knowledge to

describe some

aspects of life in the

past.

I can write some short

sentences to answer

some basic questions

about life in the past.

I can answer some

questions about the

past by writing some

sentences which are

connected and

explained.

I can write and

organise longer

answers to questions

about the past using

some accurate details

to support my answer.

I can write detailed

answers to questions in

paragraphs, supporting

my ideas with examples

and giving a beginning,

middle and end to my

answer.

I can write detailed,

explanations which are

organised into separate

paragraphs, with accurate

examples to support my

ideas, and contain some of

my own ideas and

conclusions.

I can write a sustained,

well organised and

detailed argument

containing the results

of my own research and

my own ideas and

conclusions.

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