Keystage history

This exit task is a quick way of working out whether the key messages of your teaching about the Vikings…

This is not meant to be painting by numbers. You will see from the detail of the many outstanding lessons…

There are a number of ways in which ICT is already being used successfully in history that go far beyond…

Beguilingly simple, but actually quite thought-provoking, this short smart task teaches pupils not to take things at face value –…

This simple starter activity uses a large, coloured, artist’s reconstruction of Pepys burying his possessions when he knows it is…

Pupils are given a copy of a letter from Henry to Anne Boleyn. It appears, at first glance to be…

Below is an account of an assessment task on Boudicca , with downloadable resources, just one of many assessed tasks…

Inexplicably axed by Michael Gove from the curriculum, my advice is to carry on teaching this highly successful unit focusing…

In many schools I hear teachers tell the same story about Guido Fawkes. Guy Fawkes was angry at the King…

The Museum of London has a wonderful selection of teaching resources on its website including an interactive story and perhaps best of…

History’s contribution to numeracy needs to be really carefully thought out or we could waste an awful lot of valuable…

Having seen so many Key Stage 2 history policies that nobody on the staff ever refers to, it seemed pretty…

Hi, Just a short note to say that a new website is being launched this week for teachers of history…