Developing an understanding of the context and chronology of events involves:
Considering the order in which things happened, using dates, vocabulary and chronological conventions.
Building up an historical overview or framework of periods and themes.
Developing ‘a sense of period’ through characteristic features and perspectives.
Placing events in their broader historical context.
Understanding that contexts can provide preconditions, triggers or catalysts that shape and influence, for example, when an event or outcome occurred, where it occurred and the manner in which it occurred.