Webinar series: Creating curriculum pathways through primary history at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2

HA on-demand webinar series for primary teachers

This series of webinars explores the teaching of substantive concepts in primary history. The National Curriculum for history requires pupils to gain understanding about abstract concepts of substantive knowledge across periods, while the Ofsted framework expects to see teaching in greater depth than before. This practical series of webinars with Andrew Wrenn will show how pupils can be introduced to these concepts which can then be systematically revisited wherever they occur in content, ensuring that pupils accumulate powerful knowledge around it for retrieval as they progress through medium term plans.

In this series, you will:

  • Develop your understanding of different substantive concepts in history
  • Explore how to introduce and revisit the concepts with pupils at Key Stages 1 and 2
  • Gain ideas for teaching these concepts through significant individuals and events

Programme

Session 1: Trade

Reference will be made to the possible study of significant individuals at Key Stage 1 that were involved in trade such as Christopher Columbus. Read more...

Session 2: Monarchy

Reference will be made to the study of possible significant individuals at Key Stage 1 such as Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Elizabeth II. Read more...

Session 3: Empire

Reference will be made to the possible study of significant individuals at Key Stage 1 such as Mary Seacole, a British-Jamaican nurse who travelled from the then British colony of Jamaica to help British troops fighting in the Crimean War in the middle of the 19th century. Read more...

Session 4: Religion

Reference will be made to the possible study of the significant individuals at Key Stage 1 strongly motivated by their faith such as slave trade abolitionist Olaudah Equiano and the Dalai Lama. Read more...

Session 5: War

Reference will be made to the possible study of significant individuals and events at Key Stage 1 involving warfare such as the great Carthaginian African general, Hannibal and remembrance linked to the world wars. Read more...

Session 6: Government*

Reference will be made to the study of possible significant individuals who headed different forms of government such as Oliver Cromwell and Ashoka, India’s first emperor. Read more...

Session 7: Civilisation

Reference will be made to the roots of civilisation in city dwelling which can be studied through examples of history beyond living memory at Key Stage 1, such as the Great Fire of London. Read more...

How to book

This webinar series took place in Summer 2022 and we have made access to the recordings available on demand throughout the academic year 2023–24.

Release date: Friday 1 September 2023
Expiry date: Wednesday 31 August 2024

You will need to be logged in to pay and access each webinar using the links on this page. We regret we are unable to arrange block purchases or issue invoices, but VAT receipts are available upon request. Once you have purchased each webinar, the recording will be available to view at the bottom of the relevant resource page until the stated expiry date. 

* This webinar is FREE for HA members.


All Historical Association webinars are subject to the HA CPD terms and conditions. For enquiries please contact events@history.org.uk.