A key theme for history is the contrasts and contradictions which abound. At key stages 2 and 3, you could have a lot of fun with the timeline analogies relating to the amount of time humans have been around. It is a fascinating exercise in scale.
At KS34, if you teach the Renaissance or the development of science and medicine, there are some interesting biographical details about Copernicus, Bruno and Galileo.
From a broader A-level perspective, we also have the beginnings of the challenging of the authority of religious organisations. To some extent, astronomy was a first step on the road to a secular democracy. Politics students, take note.
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