These notes, ideas and teaching suggestions have developed from CPD courses run over the last few years and from planning and developing SHP resources for the new KS3 programme.

Inevitably, it's a statement of current thinking with ideas constantly developing but I hope it proves useful and practical in helping to resolve some of your planning and teaching problems.

I'm well aware that there's a lot of material here, probably far more than many people want, especially if introducing new A level specifications at the same time as KS3. However I'd rather be accused of idealism and perfectionism than of under-estimating the creativity of History teachers! It's up to you to decide which ideas may be immediately useful, which can be put on the back-burner - and which you disagree with completely!