Site investigation (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Site investigation method
Site investigation method
Study of one Elizabethan site in comprehensive detail
Second order concepts
Second order concepts
Key historical thinking skills used to analyze sites
Change (second order concept)
Change (second order concept)
How site evolved over time
Continuity (second order concept)
Continuity (second order concept)
Aspects of site that remained consistent over time
Causation (second order concept)
Causation (second order concept)
Factors that led to changes at the site
Consequence (second order concept)
Consequence (second order concept)
Results and impacts of developments at the site
7 key aspects of site investigation
7 key aspects of site investigation
Seven aspects must be examined to understand a site fully
Location aspect of site investigation
Location aspect of site investigation
Where site was built and why that location was chosen
Function aspect of site investigation
Function aspect of site investigation
What the site was used for (often multiple purposes)
Purpose of great hall in Elizabethan houses
Purpose of great hall in Elizabethan houses
Centre of social life
Renaissance design principles in Elizabethan architecture
Renaissance design principles in Elizabethan architecture
Symmetry, balance, and order
Purposes of long galleries in Elizabethan houses
Purposes of long galleries in Elizabethan houses
Exercise, display, entertainment, demonstration of wealth
Year Elizabeth I became queen
Year Elizabeth I became queen
1558