{"product_id":"links-to-history","title":"Links to History","description":"\u003cp\u003eDesigned to support children’s understanding and knowledge at the beginning of a new history unit of learning, these attractively presented resources have three main purposes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e•    To support children’s reading\u003cbr\u003e•    To inspire readiness for new learning\u003cbr\u003e•    To support children’s long-term retention of key knowledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ‘Links’ are short but informative pieces of text aimed at immersing children in the history unit of learning they are about to meet. Created to motivate and inspire curiosity, they can help teachers capture children’s interest in the learning to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKey Stage 1 children should follow the ‘echo’ reading system. The teacher animatedly reads a sentence at a time, and then the children read together in response. 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