Planning and Teaching
the 2008 KS3 PoS

• A personal interpretation of the potential of the new PoS, including a wide range of ideas for making courses more coherent and lessons more enjoyable and effective. More …

Developing
Chronological Understanding

• Developing chronological understanding requires far more than simply teaching events in order. This section brings together articles, activities and links that focus on chronological understanding. More …

Using Personal & Family Histories
in the Classroom

• A variety of suggestions for ways to use your own histories to motivate students and deepen their understandings. More …

Developing Enquiry Skills

• This section discusses how we can build understanding of the process of historical enquiry into courses and also provides examples of activities and resources which may be useful in the classroom. More …

Active Learning & Reflections

• An FAQ guide to Active Learning, covering many of the issues raised by teachers who are uncertain about using more active methods in the classroom. More …

• Reflections on Active Learning – a simple guide to thinking about the effectiveness and value of activities. More …

Knowledge in KS3 – Some Thoughts

• ‘Thinking aloud’ about some of the issues relating to the role of knowledge within the framework of KS3 History. More …

Historical Periods and People

• Henry VII – a miscellany of articles, activities and new reading. More …

• Muck and misery in the Middle Ages? How awful was life in the Middle Ages? This article summarises recent research, especially that into changing living standards after 1300. More …

Miscellaneous

• Good websites – a short(ish) list. More …

• Open Evenings – So how do you make History attractive to Year 6 children looking round your school? Here's one idea that certainly fits the bill in ‘Capturing Imagination’ More …

• Help for non-UK readers – a translation of English educational terms in use on this website More …