Places hold memories. By studying physical evidence, we can understand how societies lived in the past and how they changed over time.
WHERE WE ARE IN PLACE AND TIME
Orientation in Space and Time
Age Group: MYP 4 (14–15 years)
Duration: 4 Days / 3 Nights
Venue: Hampi – UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Landscape
Learning Style: Inquiry-based • Observation-led • Experiential • Reflective
Includes: Pre-Tour Learning • On-Tour Exploration • Post-Tour Reflection
This Hampi programme helps students learn history by exploring real places. Students study temples, ruins, landscapes, and local traditions to understand how the Vijayanagara Empire developed and how people lived.
Learning is based on observing carefully, recording evidence, and discussing ideas. Students use buildings, objects, stories, and geography to identify change, continuity, and historical importance in a clear and structured way.
Students develop:
• Research Skills: Observation, simple documentation, evidence recording
• Thinking Skills: Comparison, identifying change and continuity
• Communication Skills: Discussion, journaling, sharing ideas
• Social Skills: Working in groups and learning from peers
• Self-Management Skills: Organisation, responsibility, reflection
Students will:
• Explore how places provide evidence about the past
• Identify changes and similarities over time
• Understand how geography influenced settlement and life
• Use observations to explain historical ideas
• Connect past societies with the present
Students will be able to:
• Describe how people lived during the Vijayanagara period
• Identify changes in buildings, trade, and daily life
• Use site observations to explain historical ideas
• Compare past and present lifestyles
• Share learning through maps, drawings, writing, and discussion
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