Teaching Issues
Planning and Teaching
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Developing
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Using Personal & Family Histories
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Developing Enquiry Skills
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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 … |

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