when someone can vote, they are allowed to make a choice about who runs the country

treating people equally and making sure everyone has the same chances

a group of people who wanted women to have the right to vote in Britain

Sophia Duleep Singh, the princess who fought for women to have the vote

History

Al-Razi, the doctor who cared for everyone

Nicolas Copernicus, the man who moved the Earth

Ada Lovelace, the woman who imagined computers

Marie Curie, the woman who lit up science

Nelson Mandela, the man who forgave

In ‘Significant individuals: how did they change the world?’ pupils learnt about six significant individuals from different periods to develop their chronological and substantive understanding. In ‘Stone Age Britain: what do archaeologists think they know about it?’ they begin to investigate more ways in which we know about the past.

In ‘Queen Victoria: how did Britain change during her lifetime?’ pupils built on their chronological and substantive knowledge in a depth study of Queen Victoria and Victorian Britain. In ‘Significant individuals: how did they change the world?’ they encounter six significant individuals from different periods to develop this further.

These stories of significant individuals from different periods help students understand when change has occurred due to individual agency. They learn about the diversity of those who have brought about change and gain a broader sense of history and curiosity about the past.

Significant individuals: how did they change the world?

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Sophia wanted {{}} to have the same chance to help choose the people who made the laws.

Sophia joins a group fighting for the right to vote.

Starting with the earliest, sort these events into time order:

to choose the leaders who make a country’s rules by marking a paper

to always follow the orders of a king or queen without question

to march in the streets for fairness with banners and signs

Why did people notice Sophia when she joined the Suffragettes?

She chose a quiet, comfortable palace life.

She stopped helping the Suffragettes after.

She took risks even when some people disapproved.

Which of these statements are **true** about Sophia’s actions?

many people working together, including Sophia

Who helped change the law so women could vote?

because she wanted to find invisible energy inside them

Why did Marie Curie collect strange rocks in her laboratory?

Henri Becquerel noticed that a strange mark appeared on the {{}} when he placed a special kind of rock near it.

a person who learns about science and carries out investigations

How did Marie and Pierre Curie work together after they got married?

It made rocks lighter and easier to break.

It was a new element with powerful invisible energy.

It was shiny and helped her decorate the laboratory.

Why was Marie so excited about finding radium?

They changed medicine and still help millions today.

They created new colours for photographs.

They stopped scientists from studying energy.

What lasting effect did Marie Curie’s discoveries have on the world?

Starter Quiz

Why did Marie Curie collect strange rocks in her laboratory?