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Romans, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings
Primary Lesson Plans
Please note: these resources were produced as part of the Nuffield Primary History project (1991-2009) and pre-date the 2014 National Curriculum.
A series of lessons, exemplars and guides to help you teach your students about the Romans, the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings.
Romans, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings
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Castles: homes in the past
Lesson Plan
Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated.
The key stage 1 classes were looking at castles in terms of homes in the distant past. This was the second lesson- in the first we debated and decided the best place to build a castle....
Castles: homes in the past
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Primary Teaching Methods
Teaching Methods
Please note: this guide was written before the 2014 National Curriculum and some of the advice may no longer be relevant.
This resource is free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving...
Primary Teaching Methods
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Recorded webinar: Avoiding confusion with chronology and change in primary history
Webinar series: Avoiding confusion and challenging misconceptions in primary history
Webinar series: Avoiding confusion and challenging misconceptions in primary history
Session 1: Avoiding confusion with chronology and change in primary history
This practical webinar will identify what confuses pupils in the teaching of chronology and the disciplinary concept of change and continuity and will show how such confusion and misconceptions...
Recorded webinar: Avoiding confusion with chronology and change in primary history
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A Victorian Christmas
A Victorian Xmas
The Historical Association In Alliance With Association for Language Learning. Cross-Curricular Unit: Year 5/6 French and History. A Victorian Christmas.
A Victorian Christmas
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Indus Valley
Topic Pack
The names and stories of the people and their cities are a mystery, their ideographic script yet to be deciphered. So how do we know the ruined cities of the Indus Valley belonged to a unique civilisation, forgotten for millennia?
Indus Valley
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Ancient Egypt: topic pack
Topic Pack
The Topic Pack gives you a brief summary on Ancient Egypt. It includes sections on Ancient Egyptian society, trade and the River Nile, and key people.
Ancient Egypt: topic pack
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Ancient Greece: topic pack
Topic Pack
A Topic Pack on Ancient Greece, with sections on Ancient Greek Society, Wars in Ancient Greece, and How do we know about the Ancient Greeks?
Ancient Greece: topic pack
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The New Elizabethans
Year 6 Scheme of Work
Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum.
This unit centres on life in Britain at the 1953 coronation and how people at the time looked back to the reign of Elizabeth I.
This is one a set of Year 6 schemes of work arising from the 2005 KS2-KS3 History Transitions Project.
The New Elizabethans
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Living Museums and Victorian Britain
Year 6 Scheme of Work
Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum.
This unit centres on ways of portraying life in Victorian Britain.
While factual knowledge of aspects of Victorian life in Britain are a vital component of the unit, the main focus is on exploring the way living museums present the period,...
Living Museums and Victorian Britain
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How cruel were the Victorians?
Year 6 Scheme of Work
Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum.
This unit centres on Victorian crime and punishment.
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How cruel were the Victorians?
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Myths and War Evacuees
Year 6 Scheme of Work
Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum.
This unit centres on the evacuation of children during the second world war. While the factual knowledge of evacuation is an essential component of the unit, the main focus is on exploring the varied feelings and experiences of children sent to...
Myths and War Evacuees
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The Victorians
Topic Pack
The Topic Pack gives you a brief summary of the Victorians.
The Victorians
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Recorded webinar: Exploring representations and attitudes to disability across history
Webinar
This webinar was presented by Richard Rieser, who is a campaigner and champion for disability rights and the coordinator of UK Disability History Month.
His presentation is part of our ongoing work to explore disability history and the arguments and representations of it and ensure that people from disability groups...
Recorded webinar: Exploring representations and attitudes to disability across history
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A view from the KS1 classroom
Article
Introduction
"So what did you do at school, today?"
As a child, I remember being asked this question often by my good humoured, paternal grandfather, when he met me at the end of the day. On returning from the trenches in 1919, he had trained to become a teacher and...
A view from the KS1 classroom
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Interpretation and poor Victorian Children
Year 6 Scheme of Work
Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum.
This unit centres on the portrayal of poor, Victorian children. While factual knowledge about conditions in workhouses is an essential component of the unit, the main focus is on contrasting portrayals of one fictional Victorian child, Charles Dicken's Oliver Twist. The...
Interpretation and poor Victorian Children
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Was Boudicca Britain's first hero?
Year 6 Scheme of Work
Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum.
This unit centres on Queen Boudicca.
While factual knowledge about her life and the Roman occupation are an essential component of the unit, the main focus is on contrasting interpretations of Boudicca over time and exploration of the reasons behind her...
Was Boudicca Britain's first hero?
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Recorded webinar: Dealing with the issues from lockdown in the primary history classroom
Webinar
In the last 12 months many pupils have missed significant chunks of school and importantly a significant chunk of their history learning. In this special one-off webinar we discuss some of the issues we are all facing. What does catch up in history look like? How helpful is this terminology?...
Recorded webinar: Dealing with the issues from lockdown in the primary history classroom
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Evacuation
HA Guide
The topic of evacuation is very popular at Key Stage 2. It is chosen because many colleagues believe that pupils in years 5 and 6 will be able to empathise with children of the same age who were evacuated from British cities and other target areas in World War II...
Evacuation
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Community cohesion and the prevention of violent extremism
Community Cohesion Guide
A series of key stage targeted activities and schemes of work for promoting community cohesion and the prevention of violent extremism.
Community cohesion and the prevention of violent extremism
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The Government of the Roman Empire
Classic Pamphlets
The Government of the Roman Empire, as everyone knows, was autocratic, and, like all autocracies, it was ‘tempered by assassination' or by military revolution. The emperor ruled through an imperial service, at once civil and military, in which several grades, corresponding to the social classes of the empire, were always...
The Government of the Roman Empire
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Victorian Britain and the Victorian World
E-CPD
This E-CPD unit has a number of possible focuses within the broader topic of Victorian Britain and the wider Victorian world. This follows a pattern that is strong within the structures of the School History Project. Each sub-topic needs to mirror what is best in history education at primary level, including...
Victorian Britain and the Victorian World
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The Poor Law in Nineteenth-century England and Wales
Classic Pamphlet
Variety rather than uniformity characterised the administration of poor relief in England and Wales, and at no period was this more apparent than in the decades before the national reform of the poor law in 1834. Unprecedented economic and social changes produced severe problems for those responsible for social welfare,...
The Poor Law in Nineteenth-century England and Wales
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Literacy Time Plus+ My Writing Progress Record
Review
Synopsis: Self-assessment sheets for Early Years literacy, which the child completes in discussion with the teacher.
Review: This would be useful if Early Years staff have not got any other assessment strategy in place. It contains colour sheets for the child to complete, stating what level they are on and...
Literacy Time Plus+ My Writing Progress Record
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Chronology
E-CPD
N.B. This unit was produced before the new curriculum and therefore while much of the advice is still useful, there may be some out of date references or links.
Learning about the complex concept of chronology is often considered very challenging for young children, yet this understanding underpins children's developing...
Chronology
