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  • 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

  • Confounding expectation at Key Stage 3: flower-songs from an indigenous empire

      Teaching History article
    In this article Nicolas Kinloch examines aspects of an indigenous empire: that of Aztec Mexico. He attempts to persuade a group of mixed-ability Year 8 students to examine - and question - some of the assumptions they bring to the study of this empire. Their attitudes reflect quite widespread beliefs...
    Confounding expectation at Key Stage 3: flower-songs from an indigenous empire

  • Indus Valley KS2 Commonwealth Institute resources

      KS2 Indus Resources
    When the Indus Valley was first included in the English National Curriculum, the Commonwealth Institute, London, commissioned a teaching & activity pack, published 1995. Its' sections covered key questions and aspects of the topic, offering a choice of activities andapproaches.  It was recommended by QCA (QCDA) in the 1998 non-statutory...
    Indus Valley KS2 Commonwealth Institute resources

  • Ideas for Assemblies - Remembrance

      Article
    A debt of honour... During the months of September to November 2015, assemblies in my school will focus on remembrance relating to the First World War culminating in a special Armistice Day assembly. In conjunction with this focus a possible approach could be to introduce the children to the growth...
    Ideas for Assemblies - Remembrance

  • Teaching Ancient Egypt

      Article
    Editorial note: This paper has two sections: first, a background briefing about Ancient Egypt with a timeline and map that introduces the second section's three teaching activities on: building the Great Pyramid of Giza; Hatshepsut, Egypt's great woman pharaoh; and Akhenaten and his attempt to revolutionise Egyptian religion. ‘Hail to thee, O...
    Teaching Ancient Egypt

  • Religion and Beliefs in Ancient Egypt: Lesson Plans

      Lesson Plans
    Lesson Plans 1 & 2: Introduction to what Egyptians believed.  How do we know? Polytheistic, gods, goddesses, creation. Wall paintings, gods and preparation for the afterlife. Comparison of Christian creation story to that of Ancient Egypt. Lesson Plan 3: Myth, Ra, Osiris, Isis, Horus. Beliefs and attitudes of the past. Religious...
    Religion and Beliefs in Ancient Egypt: Lesson Plans

  • 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

  • Podcast Series: Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire

      Multipage Article
    In this HA Podcast Series Professor Joanna Story of the University of Leicester discusses Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire.
    Podcast Series: Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire

  • Queen Elizabeth I

      Lesson Plan
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. What might Queen Elizabeth have been like? Pupils study two documentary sources giving descriptions of Queen Elizabeth I. You need to download two Resources documents (attached below) Then pupils studied the Armada portrait of Queen Elizabeth I and considered factors involved...
    Queen Elizabeth I

  • The Spanish Armada

      Lesson Plan
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. This is a highly interactive and stimulating simulation for years 3 and 4, and a very effective way of involving children in a range of issues. We introduced the story of the Armada, outlining the main parties involved and the nature...
    The Spanish Armada

  • 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 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

  • EYFS Medium Term Plan - Toys and Games

      Article
    This EYFS Medium Term Plan is based around the theme of Toys and Games. It is designed to give teachers and early years practitioners different starting points for learning about the past, across all areas of learning. The activities could be led with a whole class or as small group...
    EYFS Medium Term Plan - Toys and Games

  • Overground, underground and across the sea

      Article
    Communication is at the heart of what it is to be human, and the British postal service has helped to shape the modern world as we know it today. From cryptic Victorian Valentine cards to a lion encountered on Salisbury Plain, there is nothing ordinary about the story of the post! The British postal service...
    Overground, underground and across the sea

  • Global Learning November 2016

      Global Learning Project
    Although this project has now ended, the links and resources on this page remain useful.  1. Climate Change and Global Learning - New Key Stage 2 Activity Kit With the 2015 Paris Agreement, and the recent climate conference in Marrakech, climate action is high on the international agenda. This activity...
    Global Learning November 2016

  • Celebrate your sporting heritage

      Article
    National Sporting Heritage Day takes place on 30 September every year. It aims to support schools and other community organisations to engage withtheir local sporting heritage, explore the heritage on their doorstep, celebrate and share the information that they find and inspire children and young people to find out more....
    Celebrate your sporting heritage

  • WWI primary book reviews: The Christmas Truce and Where the Poppies Now Grow

      Two illustrated stories of the First World War by Hilary Robinson & Martin Impey
    The Christmas Truce ‘It's Christmas Eve 1914. A group of tired soldiers start singing Stille Nacht. Soldiers the other side of No Man's Land respond with Silent Night. The next day, soldiers on both sides put down their weapons and celebrate Christmas Day with a friendly football match.' This heart-warming...
    WWI primary book reviews: The Christmas Truce and Where the Poppies Now Grow

  • Iron Age Farm - Film

      Iron Age Farm
    The following film takes a look at Butser Ancient Farm - a unique experimental archaeological site and a fascinating day out. Nestled into the rolling South Downs National Park, this ancient farm displays ongoing constructions of Iron Age buildings based on real sites, crops from prehistory and rare breeds of...
    Iron Age Farm - Film

  • 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)

  • Podcast Series: From the Stone Age to the Romans

      Multipage Article
    In this podcast Professor Richard Bradley of the University of Reading looks at Britain and Ireland from their prehistoric beginnings to the arrival of the Romans.
    Podcast Series: From the Stone Age to the Romans

  • Podcast Series: Ancient British and Irish Pagan Religion

      Ancient British and Irish Pagan Religion
    In this podcast Professor Ronald Hutton of the University of Bristol looks at Ancient British and Irish Pagan Religion.
    Podcast Series: Ancient British and Irish Pagan Religion

  • The Great Exhibition

      Article
    ‘Of all the decades to be young in, a wise man would choose the 1850s’ concludes G.M. Young in his Portrait of An Age. His choice is understandable. Historians and contemporaries have long viewed the middle years of the century as a ‘plateau of peace and prosperity’, an ‘age of...
    The Great Exhibition

  • Teaching the Romans and stuck for inspiration?

      Links and Visits
    Theme of the monthA trip to Roman site can bring the subject alive like nothing else. English Heritage cares for a number of key Roman properties throughout the country and offers FREE ENTRY to all 400 of its sites for self-led learning groups.  Roman teaching resources from English HeritageSite specific...
    Teaching the Romans and stuck for inspiration?

  • 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

  • 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