This History scheme of work video introduces teachers to the skills needed to help Key stage 2 pupils interpret historical sources. It explores the difference between implicit and explicit information, how to identify an author’s viewpoint, and how to assess reliability and bias. The video demonstrates how different types of sources, such as portraits, posters, or census materials, can be interpreted in different ways to form well-supported conclusions.

This video is part of Kapow Primary’s History skills resources. It simplifies the process, ensuring teachers feel confident and prepared to support the pupils in interpreting sources, recognising perspective, and developing their own evidence-based views in lessons like the one below.

History, Key stage 1, Year 2, How was school different in the past?, Lesson 3: How were schools different in the 1900s?