Checkpoint piece

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Let's wrap up with a checkpoint piece!

This lesson has been about describing historical figures at different time scales.

Choose a subject: For our checkpoint piece, you need to choose a subject, either an individual or a group of some kind. You can choose whoever you like, though we have suggested a corgi running a t-shirt store (or a whole company that has t-shirt stores run by corgis).

Choose a time scale: Decades, years, or days.

Give it a title: Give the piece a title that explains who the subject is and what time scale you'll be taking.

You can make up the details but try to make it sound like you're a real historian.

Make sure you cover whenwherewhat, and so what. They can be in any order!

To help you, here are all the phrases that we've offered as examples throughout this lesson (and a PDF version):

Writing about 'when'

  • Alexander was born in...
  • Born Sarah Breedlove on...
  • At age 14 Walker...
  • When her husband died in 1887...

Writing about 'where'

  • Born in...
  • Exploring the woodlands around...
  • Enrolled in medical school at...
  • After his time in...
  • She traveled with him in...
  • After returning to...

Writing about 'what'

  • His family had...
  • Pericles rose to power in...
  • Citizens could help...
  • Pericles spent money on...
  • A terrible plague had...
  • Koiki became co-founder and director of...
  • Unhappy with the approach to..
  • A turning point in Koiki's life happened...
  • Koiki went on to give...
  • The school started with...

Writing about 'so what'

  • Simone Weil is a confronting and disconcerting figure...
  • She was so many things at once...
  • Because of the striking "untimeliness" of her...
  • One of the best-known embodiments of these aptitudes is...
  • Brunel led an awe-inspiring life...
  • His works are hailed as examples of...
  • Recognition as one of the most inventive figures in...

Writing at the scale of decades

  • Ada Lovelace (1815–1852) was born...
  • Her mother, Lady Byron, had...
  • Ada met Charles Babbage at...
  • In 1843 she published...
  • Perhaps more importantly, the article contained...
  • Mansa Musa was the ruler...
  • During his reign...
  • Mansa Musa developed cities...
  • Mansa Musa came to power...
  • When he went on a pilgrimage...
  • Arab writers from the time said...
  • After his return from Mecca...

Writing at the scale of years

  • Thompson's searing criticism angered...
  • She was the first American to be expelled...
  • Back in America, Thompson...
  • In 1939, she disrupted...
  • She eventually had to be...
  • ...life as he found it in the 1680s.
  • Newton enjoyed...
  • He was careless with...
  • In the winter, he...
  • During five years, Humphrey...

Writing at the scale of days

  • Witold fevered in bed for 10 days...
  • Occasionally he felt the window open, or...
  • Other patients arrived, moaning and...
  • The musicians from Christmas were now...
  • By the tenth day, the...
  • Alexander von Humboldt and his three companions moved in...
  • The icy wind had numbed...
  • It was 23 June 1802, and they were...
  • For the previous three years, Alexander von Humboldt had been...
  • For the ascent of Chimborazo, he had...
  • As they climbed, Humboldt...
  • As he stood at the top of the world...

Describing organisations

  • The English East India Company was founded...
  • With a massive private army and...
  • It was criticised for...
  • Finally, the East India Company swept away...
  • The East India Company's directors and its shareholders gained...
  • The Red Cross came into being at the...
  • His two main ideas were for...
  • The following October, an international conference was...
  • The conference also agreed on...
  • In August 1864, delegates from...
  • These developments put the ICRC at...

Describing cities

  • The whole city is an extraordinary...
  • In this lagoon covering 70,176 ha...
  • These temporary settlements gradually became...
  • Over the centuries...
  • Venice and its lagoon landscape is the result of...
  • Timbuktu was originally a meeting place for...
  • About ad 1000 it was no more than...
  • Timbuktu was founded as...
  • These eventually gave way to...
  • There are several different stories about how...
  • Timbuktu’s location at the meeting point of...
  • Caravans began bringing salt and spices from...
  • Timbuktu became a great center of...
  • In 1468 Timbuktu was conquered by...
  • By the end of the 18th century Timbuktu was...
Describe a made-up historical figure at the scale of decades, years, or days.