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1. know and understand the history of these islands as a coherent, chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day.
2. know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world, for example the expansion and dissolution of empires.
3. gain and deploy a historically grounded understanding of abstract terms such as 'empire', 'civilisation', 'parliament' and 'peasantry'.
4. understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, and use them to frame historically-valid questions and discussions.
5. understand the methods of historicals enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims.
6. gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts.