This Kapow pupil video is part of the Kapow Primary History scheme of work. It introduces the history and purpose of the census, a national survey used to record information about people and places.

Pupils explore how civilisations such as ancient Rome, Egypt and China used censuses to count people, property and goods. The video then focuses on how the census developed in Britain, from William the Conqueror’s Domesday Book to the modern census we complete today. Pupils discover how these records help historians learn about the past and how each generation contributes to this ongoing record of life.

The video is designed to be shown to pupils as part of History, Upper key stage 2, Year 6, *New* What can the census tell us about local areas? Lesson 1: What is the census?