Our Talk Time this week relates to the vocabulary that we’re learning about in our current History topic.
Thinking about the new topic vocabulary, I can begin to use the words at home.
Years 1 and 2 History vocabulary:
- past – something that has already happened
- present – something that is happening now
- ancient – very old
- modern – the present day
- similarity – when something is the same
- difference – when something is different
- sequence – put in the correct order
- put in the correct order – the buying or swapping of products and services
- timeline – a list of important events arranged in order
Years 3 and 4 History vocabulary:
- chronology – arrangement of events or dates in time order
- empire – a large group of countries or states ruled by an emperor or empress
- invasion – when a country or region is invaded by an armed force
- settlement – a place or area where a group of people live
- to resist – to stand up to or fight back against something
- primary source – a source of evidence created at the time of the event (eg diaries, letters, photographs, newspaper article, artifacts, ruins)
- secondary source – a source of evidence created after the time of the event (eg replica objects, text books, illustrations)
- prehistory – before written records
- kingdom – an area of land ruled by a monarch (a king or queen)
Years 5 and 6 History vocabulary:
- chronology – arrangement of events or dates in time order
- conflict – a series of battles over time
- invasion – when a country or region is invaded by an armed force
- civilization – the society considered most advanced at a time
- caliph – ruler in a Muslim country
- golden-age – a time when an activity or society is at its best
- innovation – an improvement or replacement of something
- trade – the exchange of goods and services
- impact – the effect one thing has on another
- bias – a particular viewpoint for one thing over another, especially an unfair one
Some of the words may not have been covered in class as of yet so be sure to refer to the definitions for words your child seems less confident about.
Encourage your child to think back to their history learning so far. The following questions might prompt your child to remember even more about the vocabulary:
- What does this word mean?
- Can you use the word in a sentence?
- Can you (where possible) give an example of this?
- Can you link this word to one or more of the other words?
- Which of these words would you group together?
- Are there any synonyms (words with the same or similar meaning)?
- Are there any antonyms (words with the opposite meaning)?
This Talk Time provides the perfect opportunity to apply some of the oracy skills that we’ve been working on so far this year. These R2s will help your child to speak about the vocabulary confidently, fluently and at a good pace:
- Make eye contact and have good posture when speaking (and listening).
- Recall learning from class to help you remember the words you’ve used so far.
- Take time to think about each word before trying to explain it.
Challenge yourself to play the ‘Erm…’ game. Start a stopwatch when you begin talking about a word. Keep the time running until you say a filler phrase like ‘erm’, ‘umm’, ‘you know’, ‘like’ or pause for more than a few seconds. Have a couple of attempts for each word to see if you can improve on your timings. How long can you talk for?
