Experience concept · History/literacy
Historical Time Agency: The Harbour File
The past leaves clues. Decide what they can actually tell you.
The learner experience
A little curiosity. A lasting understanding.
Investigate a teacher-selected harbour in a defined period using a map, an account, and an object record. Build a claim about trade, compare conflicting evidence, and record what remains uncertain. Further cases move through the teacher's chronology.
Imagine this moment
A cinematic harbour reconstruction gives way to source cards that support—or challenge—its details.
Learning & evidence
The learning objective
Support a historical claim with sources and distinguish evidence from inference.
What understanding looks like
A claim linked to sources, an explicit inference, and one limitation or unanswered question.
Adaptation
Different starting points. A shared objective.
Offer short adapted source extracts alongside originals; extend to provenance, bias, and corroboration.
Educator review
This is a proposed experience. Content and assessment require teacher review before classroom use.
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