What's New?
This page is our notice board recording new activities on the site.
Newest Material & Activities
Added August 2010
‘Thinking aloud’ about some of the issues relating to the role of knowledge within the framework of KS3 History.
Puzzle and intrigue! A mysterious way to help students sum up a topic, exemplified by Galen's work on medicine and by the Norman Conquest.
A variety of suggestions for ways to use your own histories to motivate students and deepen their understandings.
Added July 2010
Turn your students into War, Government etc to help them understand the concept of factors more effectively.
Added May 2010
A sorting activity helping students see why life changed so much during the Industrial Revolution
Added January 2010
Every war between 1066 and 1900 in one activity - creating links across KS3? (Added January 10)
The body in the bog becomes the body in the classroom to build students' enquiry and source skills. Activity by Susan Edwards and Nichola Boughey (Added January 10)
Added Xmas 2009
How safe were air raid shelters for the poor in Britain's cities?
Ian Luff demonstrates the weaknesses of air–raid shelters and provides a documentary activity exploring the destruction of one shelter in London. (Added December 09)
Turn your class into bomb aimers to discover how difficult their task was - and why civilians were so at risk in bombing raids. (Added December 09)
How powerful was an atomic bomb compared with other weapons? All you need is an egg - and some egg-proofing! (Added December 09)
Will students risk trying to cross the Berlin Wall? A practical activity that really improves discussion, thinking and understanding. (Added December 09)
Ian Luff explains how to introduce students to Hitler’s rise to power and then build in complexity. (Added December 09)
Enquiry Skills
We have created a new section on the site, ‘Developing Enquiry Skills’, arising from a series of Inset sessions last year. It contains a broad discussion of ideas for developing Enquiry skills from KS3 to A level and supporting resources, including activities designed to help KS3 students understand the enquiry process and a model A level activity.
