Bea Solano

A little about me

I teach History and Global Perspectives across secondary and lead Humanities. In History, I want pupils to meet sources that disagree before I give them a finished account. Their first task is to notice what each source says, what it leaves out and what questions we need to ask before deciding which explanation is stronger.

Global Perspectives has a different purpose from a tour of world problems. I teach it as a set of skills: asking questions, working with evidence, comparing views and forming a reasoned response. That distinction helps pupils understand what they are practising rather than treating each topic as a list of facts to cover.

I look for resources that make investigation possible and keep the evidence in view. A prompt can help pupils compare accounts, while a clear follow-up question asks how their thinking has changed. I value a lesson where pupils have to support a judgement and consider what they still need to find out.