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What is history all about? The who, when and why!<\/a>
\nA teacher-led online presentation, based around three central themes and leading neatly into the ‘time machine’ activity\u00a0<\/a>which follows:<\/p>\n

1. When (Periods): Historians are Time Travellers!
\n2. Who (People): Historians are Friendly Time Travellers!
\n3. What (Evidence): Historians are Friendly Time Travelling Detectives!<\/p>\n

Part of the “What is History?” unit at ActiveHistory.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is history all about? The who, when and why! A teacher-led online presentation, based around three central themes and leading neatly into the ‘time machine’ activity\u00a0which follows: 1. When (Periods): Historians are Time Travellers! 2. Who (People): Historians are Friendly Time Travellers! 3. What (Evidence): Historians are Friendly Time Travelling Detectives! Part of the… <\/p>\n

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