Progress Grid
Name:
Strand:
Preliminary
Foundation
History Sept 2015
History
Knowledge and Recall
Working at this level overall
1. Working towards Foundation level.
Working at this level overall
1. Can recall some key facts and put key events and dates in
order.
Understanding of causation, change and significance
Working at this level overall
1. Working towards Foundation level.
Working at this level overall
1. With support, can give a reason why some events
happened in History.
Exemplification Notes: Text amended Sept 2015
Exemplification Notes: Text amended Sept 2015
Use of evidence to find out about the past
Working at this level overall
1. Working towards Foundation level.
Working at this level overall
1. With support, can recognise a range of historical sources.
Exemplification Notes: New Sept 2015
2. With support, can say how life was different in the past.
Exemplification Notes: New Sept 2015
Developing
Working at this level overall
1. Can recall some information and use it to describe events.
Working at this level overall
1. Can give more than one cause or result of an event.
Exemplification Notes: Text amended Sept 2015
Exemplification Notes: Text amended Sept 2015 - was Dev.2
Working at this level overall
1. Can use evidence to answer a question and support an
interpretation.
Exemplification Notes: Text amended Sept 2015 - was
Dev.3
2. Can suggest that a particular event was important.
Exemplification Notes: Text amended Sept 2015 - was Dev.4
Intermediate
Working at this level overall
1. Can recall information and use it to form an explanation.
Working at this level overall
1. Can suggest reasons why different people in the past
acted in different ways.
Working at this level overall
1. Can say why different people describe events in the past
in different ways.
Exemplification Notes: Text amended Sept 2015
Exemplification Notes: Amended sept 2015 - was Int.2
Established
2. Can explain why one event/person in the past was
significant.
2. Can produce evidence to support two different
interpretations.
Exemplification Notes: Amended sept 2015 - was Int.3
Exemplification Notes: Amended Sept 2015 - was Int.3
Working at this level overall
1. Can recall knowledge with accuracy, and plan structured
work using the right historical words and terms.
Working at this level overall
1. Can explain how some causes/consequences are more
important than others.
Working at this level overall
1. Can test sources for reliability and usefulness.
Exemplification Notes: Text amended Sept 2015 - was Est.3
Exemplification Notes: Text amended Sept 2015 - was Est.2
Working at this level overall
1. Can use more complex terms appropriately, showing sound
understanding of the historical period, themes and topics.
Working at this level overall
2. Can categorise causes and consequences in different
ways and justify the decisions made.
Exemplification Notes: Text amended sept 2015 - was Adv.2
Exemplification Notes: Text amended Sept 2015 - was Adv.2
Working at this level overall
1. Can show through understanding of the historical period,
themes and topics.
Working at this level overall
1. Can explain in an extended answer the relative importance
of linked causes.
Exemplification Notes: Amended Sept 2015 - was Est.3
Advanced
Exceptional
Exemplification Notes: Amended Sept 2015 - was Exc.2
2. Can compare the significance of events from different
periods in History.
Working at this level overall
1. Can use different interpretations of an event and form an
opinion based upon an evaluation and analysis of the
sources.
Working at this level overall
1. Can develop an enquiry question and undertake research
to produce a structured and detailed answer supported with
evidence.