Nelson Mandela, the man who forgave

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

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

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?

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Immoral behaviour or minor criminal offences, e.g. shoplifting, graffiti.

Depiction or discussion of upsetting content

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

The unfair laws in South Africa were called ...

What job did Nelson Mandela train to do in the 1940s?

he worked with many other people to change the laws

Some people think Nelson Mandela ended apartheid all by himself. Why is this **not** true?

Which of these things happened while Mandela was in prison?

she was fighting for “Votes for Women”

Why was Sophia Duleep Singh standing outside Buckingham Palace in 1911?

Sophia’s family originally came from ...

What made Sophia begin questioning fairness after her trip to India?

treating people equally and making sure everyone has the same chances

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

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

What happened years after Sophia and the Suffragettes marched and campaigned?

Nelson Mandela, the man who forgave

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