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Ancient monuments, like The Colosseum in Rome, can help us to understand what life was like in the olden days.

Evidence

Historians are like detectives. They use clues from the past, called evidence, to find out what really happened and how people lived long ago.

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Fascinating Fact:

Old photographs are a kind of evidence. They show us what people, buildings and streets looked like.

In KS1 History, children learn that evidence helps us find out about the past. We study old objects, pictures, buildings and stories to understand how people lived and what they did.

Key Terms

Evidence: Clues from the past that help us learn what really happened.
Source: Something that gives us information about history, like a photo, letter or diary.
Artefact: An object from long ago, such as a toy, coin or tool, that we can still see today.

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What does evidence mean in history for KS1?

In history, evidence means any clue that helps us find out about the past. It can be a picture, a special object, a written record or a building.

What are examples of historical evidence for children?

Examples include old photographs, letters, diaries, toys, clothes, coins and postcards. Museums and old buildings also give us evidence about how people lived long ago.

How can children use evidence to learn about the past?

Children can look closely at pictures and objects, ask questions about who used them, and compare them with things today to spot similarities and differences.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .

What difference do you notice between this Tudor street and modern streets today?

The lights are on

The buildings are very small and close together

There are some windows in the shops

Some of the shops have signs

Very old buildings were often much smaller - the road is very narrow too

2 .

This is a vintage car from around 1920. What do you think 'vintage' means?

Can be driven on the road

Is black in colour and quite shiny

Has four wheels and a spare

Is something from the past of high quality

Vintage is used to describe many things from fashion to cars to tea sets!

3 .

What might a historian want to ask about this monument?

How many pictures have been taken of it

The name of the person who built it

What day it was built on

When and why it was built

Ancient monuments such as Stonehenge can tell us a lot about beliefs at the time

4 .

What does this photograph tell us about school days in 1950s America?

The children liked reading and watching television

The desks were in rows and the children did not wear a uniform

There were only a few children in each class

That the children went to school on a Saturday

The photo gives us lots of clues about school life then

5 .

At one time, steam trains were used to travel long distances. Modern electric trains are much...

smaller and darker

shorter and bumpier

brighter and louder

cleaner and quieter

Steam trains were very dirty and noisy

6 .

When historians and archaeologists look at fragments of pottery, they are trying to discover...

if the pots stood up or not

what pottery today looks like

what everyday life was like in the time the pottery was made

what day the pots were made

Even a small fragment of pottery can tell a story about life in times gone by

7 .

We can tell these photographs are probably quite old because...

they are black and white

there are a few of them

they are in a pile

there is one of a lady

Most photography is in colour today although it wasn't widely used until around 1970

8 .

Even though this building is now in ruins, once it was...

mostly made of wood

a small cattle shed

a large, grand building

a modern office building

This is Corfe Castle in Dorset. It would have been a large home for lots of people

9 .

What does this photograph tell us about the diet of a lot of people in the 18th century?

It was very simple and basic

They shopped for food online

They liked a lot of tomato sauce

Everything came from Tesco

Food in those days would mostly consist of things you could catch or grow yourself

10 .

This is a Canadian postage stamp showing Queen Elizabeth II. We can tell it might be quite old because...

the Queen has never been to Canada

it looks like it's been used

the stamp is blue

the Queen looks very young

Early stamps and coins show a much younger Queen

Author: Angela Smith (Primary School Teacher & KS1 Quiz Writer)

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