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  • PSHE education and statutory status

      Briefing Pack
    A briefing for Head Teachers and Chairs of Governing Bodies PSHE education and statutory status Wash-up negotiations between the government and opposition parties on the Children, Schools and Families Bill resulted in the removal of the clauses to introduce PSHE education as a statutory subject in the national curriculum at...
    PSHE education and statutory status

  • Trinity School Museum Project (Bursary Project)

      Museum Project
    The Historical Association was left a legacy by Joan Lewin which became the Joan Lewin Education Bursary Fund. Each year, applicants apply for grants for education projects surrounding aspects of teaching and learning, resources, or education research. In 2012, Siobhan Dickens carried out a project with students to create and...
    Trinity School Museum Project (Bursary Project)

  • The Blitz - Lesson Ideas - Film

      The Blitz
    On the 20th of October 2011, Lecturers and PGCE trainees at the University of the West of England, Bristol created a Blitz experience for the children of three local primary schools. The University's Education department was transformed into a Blitz style street, complete with a home front kitchen, a Warden's post-...
    The Blitz - Lesson Ideas - Film

  • The Bloody Code - Early Modern Crime and Punishment

      Podcast
    Between circa 1690 and 1820 the number of crimes punishable by the death penalty grew from 50 to over 200. This short podcast will help to explain why this trend developed.
    The Bloody Code - Early Modern Crime and Punishment

  • Crime and Punishment - Roman to Early Modern

      Podcast
    This podcast gives you an overview of the main changes and continuities in crime, punishment, trials and policing between the end of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Early Modern Period. Rome to Early Modern Crime and Punishment>>>
    Crime and Punishment - Roman to Early Modern

  • Roman Crime and Punishment

      Podcast
    The Romans are known as forward thinkers who were well advanced for their time.  But did they manage to conquer crime? Listen to this podcast to find out.
    Roman Crime and Punishment

  • The Transport Revolution 1750-1830

      Classic Pamphlet
    The period 1750-1830, traditionally marking the classical industrial revolution, achieved in Great Britain what Professor Rostow has called the economy's "take-off into self-sustained growth". A revolution in transportation was part of the complex of changes - industrial, agricultural, mercantile and commercial - occurring roughly concurrently.The impetus to transport change is...
    The Transport Revolution 1750-1830

  • Medieval Medicine Podcast

      Medieval Medicine
    In this HA Podcast Ian Dawson looks at medicine during the medieval period.
    Medieval Medicine Podcast

  • Prehistoric Bristol

      Classic Pamphlet
    This period is represented in the valley of the Bristol Avon by the Acheulian industries, named from the type station of St. Acheul in the Somme valley, which has yielded many ovate and pear-shaped hand-axes characteristic of the period. These industries flourished during the very long Second Interglacial phase, a...
    Prehistoric Bristol

  • The Vikings - Primary E-CPD

      Primary e-CPD unit
    The purpose of this unit is to provide for teachers' subject knowledge on the Vikings. This reflects a need for up-to-date and scholarly historical knowledge, but this also demonstrates that it is essential to see the Vikings as having diversified experiences and impacts over time in a variety of geographical contexts...
    The Vikings - Primary E-CPD

  • The Normans

      Topic Pack
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 curriculum This Topic Pack gives you a brief summary on the Normans.
    The Normans

  • GCSE Topic Pack: Medicine through Time

      Topic Pack
    Medicine Through Time is a Development study. It traces the development of medical practice from prehistoric times to present day. This development is not always continuous and sometime knowledge went backwards or stayed the same for long periods of time. You will need to know the reasons for this. Medical...
    GCSE Topic Pack: Medicine through Time

  • Podcast Series: The Women's Movement

      Multipage Article
    In Part 2 of our series on Social and Political Change in the UK 1800-present we look at the Women's Movement in the UK from its early origins through to the end of the 20th century Part 2 features Dr Anne Logan, Professor June Hannam and Ms Jean Spence. Also...
    Podcast Series: The Women's Movement

  • Podcast Series: The Rise of an Islamic Civilisation

      Early Islam
    An HA Podcasted History of the Rise of an Islamic Civilisation featuring Dr Caroline Goodson of Birkbeck, University of London.
    Podcast Series: The Rise of an Islamic Civilisation

  • The Great Fire of London 1666

      Topic Pack
    London in 1666 was a large and growing city. It was of great importance both as the country's capital city, but also as the seat of government. It was by far the largest city in the country. It had far outgrown its original city walls and because of its sprawling...
    The Great Fire of London 1666

  • Tudor Society

      Topic Pack
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum The Topic Pack gives you a brief summary on Tudor Society.
    Tudor Society

  • Tudor Monarchy

      Topic Pack
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. The Topic Pack gives you a brief summary on the Tudor Monarchy.
    Tudor Monarchy

  • Britain Since 1930

      Topic Pack
    This Topic Pack gives you a brief summary on Britain since 1930.
    Britain Since 1930

  • Outline plan using key questions: Vikings example

      A Series of Lessons (KS2)
    Overall key question: Who were the Vikings? Lesson 1 Key question: What can a case study tell us about the Vikings? Content Building on prior knowledge - what the children knew and what they wanted to know.Digging up a burial mound on the Isle of Man, and discovering many aspects...
    Outline plan using key questions: Vikings example

  • Using objects and writing KS1 exemplar: Old and new telephones

      Exemplar
    Lynn Cowell's Year 2 class were doing a project on old and new telephones, with the primary aim of developing the children's skills in investigating objects. During the project, I visited the class once a week. Lynn and I began by showing the children four telephones: a candlestick phone, an...
    Using objects and writing KS1 exemplar: Old and new telephones

  • Questions and questioning exemplar: Roman Britain

      Exemplar
    Using key questionsThe Romans in Britain was a lesson introducing Roman Britain to a Year 5 class.We started with the key question: 'What was Roman Britain like?' We had prepared group sets of pictures of aspects of Roman Britain. The images showed a range of scenes, e.g. cooking in a...
    Questions and questioning exemplar: Roman Britain

  • Gordon & Woburn Squares

      Lesson Resources
    This material is to help primary schools to use Gordon and Woburn Squares in central London. On the right is a link to material for urban schools everywhere. Download Gordon & Woburn Squares materialWe've put here those documents for which we have permission for website use. (These resources are attached...
    Gordon & Woburn Squares

  • Tudor World Lessons

      Article
    Please note: these resources pre-date the 2014 National Curriculum. Lessons available on this site. See also these short lesson exemplars: Finding out about Tudor life from topic books, Columbus a hero? (discussion and debate) and Columbus (story-telling). Lessons ReformationHow the Tudors came to PowerQueen Elizabeth ITudor Portraits: Who am I?Spanish...
    Tudor World Lessons

  • Houses: Artefacts from the past (KS1)

      Lesson Plans
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. In these lessons we investigated real objects from late Victorian times. The aim was to enable the children to become more independent in their learning and to extend their literacy. The two lessons described formed part of a Year 1 topic...
    Houses: Artefacts from the past (KS1)

  • The Iliad

      Lesson Plan
    The aims of this Iliad lesson for year 4/5 children are: to develop an understanding of the weapons and tactics used in ancient Greek warfare to be able to read and understand a challenging text and extract information from it. Literacy objectives are to develop the children's skills in: extracting...
    The Iliad