Contributing to the wider curriculum

History provides an excellent vehicle to enrich the wider curriculum by giving pupils a real context for their learning. It is well placed to make a significant contribution to the current curriculum priorities of inclusion, literacy, ICT and citizenship as well as several other subject areas.

Consider what history can contribute to these wider aspects of the curriculum as well as what they can contribute to learning through history.

The distinctive characteristics of history allow it to contribute to the wider curriculum by providing pupils with opportunities to:

• refine their communication and information-processing skills in a range of contexts
• develop and extend their investigative and problem-solving skills, including using number and ICT, inside and outside the classroom
• participate in a range of independent and collaborative learning experiences, which extend their personal, social and study skills
• gain experiences that help them to make connections between themselves, their communities and the wider world
• develop awareness and understanding of a range of peoples and cultures and a respect for many different attitudes, views and beliefs
• recognise the need for a just and equitable society and their own role in making this possible
• explore current issues within an historical context to make sense of the world around them and develop the skills and attitudes necessary for active involvement as citizens.