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What can you do at KS3 to make your history curriculum more representative?
In a recent article for the Historical Association ( HA news- Autumn 2020) Jake Subryan Richards offers his advice: ”…
Read MoreCurriculum models at key stage 3
By now, most of you will have taught your new KS3 curriculum for over four years. It might seem a…
Read MoreLong-term planning in history at Key Stage 3
Long-term planning must be much more than listing the topics to be covered. It must identify the main depth studies…
Read MoreMedium term planning in history at Key Stage 3
It is rare now to find history departments who do not use key questions to plan their history work/enquiries. The…
Read MoreShort-term planning in history at Key Stage 3
My view about short-term planning at Key Stage 3 is simple; keep it short. If you are following a detailed…
Read MoreCreativity in History at Key Stage 3
You will find examples of creativity in most of the Outstanding Lessons on the site. Often these are the product…
Read MoreThinking Skills in history at Key Stage 3
Although many aspects of the Key Stage 3 strategy have not necessarily placed the emphasis where I would have liked…
Read MoreICT in the KS3 history curriculum
It has always difficult to keep this section of the site totally up-to-date. This is not only because of the…
Read MoreWhat is history?
This is such an enormous topic and would fill the complete site. All I want to do is to offer…
Read MoreLiteracy and history at Key Stage 3
In recent years there has been a much stronger emphasis in lesson observations on how well particular groups of pupils…
Read MoreRationale for your Key Stage 3 history curriculum
The clever people at OneBigHistoryDepartment have come up with a list of questions to ask yourself about your KS3 history…
Read MoreNumeracy in history at Key Stage 3
History’s contribution to numeracy needs to be really carefully thought out or we could waste an awful lot of valuable…
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