1

Thinking History

IAN DAWSON

Remembering the Enquiry Process

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 20092

Do you remember when we did an …ENQUIRY?ENQUIRY?

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 20093

How did you start?

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 20094

Stage 1

FirstEvidence

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 20095

Stage 2

Asking questions

????????WHOWHO … … are they?

HOWHOW … … did they die?

??

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 20096

Stage 3

Suggesting your first hypothesis Families?

Soldiers?

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 20097

How certain were you about your hypothesis?

UNCERTAIN?

CERTAIN?

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 20098

How certain were you about your hypothesis?What words did you use?

MaybeNot

surePossibly

Perhaps

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 20099

Stage 4

Testing your hypothesis with more evidence

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 200910

Stage 5

Revising your hypothesis

Soldiers from the Battle of Stamford Bridge?

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 200911

Stage 5

Revising your hypothesisUNCERTAIN

CERTAIN

Were you more

certain?

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 200912

Re-running Stage 4

Re-testing against more evidence

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 200913

Re-running Stage 5

Final Hypothesis

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 200914

And the words you used?

I’m fairly sure …They were probably …I’m certain …

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 200915

Conclusion

Do you remember when

we identified …the enquiry process?the enquiry process?

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 200916

The Enquiry ProcessFirst

EvidenceQuestions

HypothesisMore

Evidence

RevisedHypothesis

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 200917

Why does the Enquiry Process help you do better in history?

www.thinkinghistory.co.uk - © Ian Dawson 200918

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Dr. Claire Smith and the students of Leeds Trinity PGCE course

To Hodder Education

And to the unknown Viking in York