Unit 1

Darwin’s ways of working

Darwin’s ways of working: Unit 1

Darwin’s old study at Down House

Darwin wrote

‘On the Origin of Species’

in this study

Darwin’s ways of working: Unit 1

The round table in the study

Darwin’s ways of working: Unit 1

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Darwin’s ways of working: Unit 1

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Darwin’s ways of working

‘I almost made up my mindto begin collecting all theinsects which I could finddead, for on consulting mysister I concluded that it wasnot right to kill insects for the

sake of making a collection.’

‘I was led to attend closely toseveral branches of naturalhistory, thus my powers ofobservation were improved.’

(Darwin aged about 9 or 10)

How Darwin worked - in his own words

Darwin’s ways of working: Unit 1

‘When on board the H.M.S.'Beagle' as naturalist, I wasmuch struck with certain factsin the distribution of theorganic beings inhabitingSouth America, and in thegeological relations of thepresent to the past inhabitantsof that continent.’

(Darwin aged 23-28)

How Darwin worked - in his own words

Darwin’s ways of working: Unit 1

‘After five years work [after theBeagle voyage] I allowedmyself to speculate on thesubject, and drew up someshort notes; these I enlargedin 1844 into a sketch of theconclusions, which thenseemed to me probable: fromthat period to the present day I have steadily pursued thesame object.’

(Darwin aged about 35)

How Darwin set about writing

Darwin’s ways of working: Unit 1

‘I much regret that want of

space prevents my having the

satisfaction of acknowledging

the generous assistance which

I have received from very

many naturalists, some of

them personally unknown to

me.’ On the Origin of Species,

1859.

(Darwin aged 50)

Darwin worked with many people

Darwin’s ways of working: Unit 1

Assessment CriteriaCriteria To a small extent To a moderate

extent

To a great

extent

Pupils have describedDarwin's ideasaccurately

Pupils have usedlanguage effectively

Pupils havecontributed to aneffective guidebook

Pupils havecontributed to theevaluation of theguidebook