Primary History resources
The National Curriculum for history from Key Stages 1-3 requires pupils to know and understand the diverse stories of the British Isles from prehistory to present, as well as studying aspects of local, national and international history. History should equip pupils to ask questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement. In Key Stages 1 and 2, pupils are required to study British history from the Stone Age through to 1066, as well as a local study, ancient Greece, another ancient civilisation, a wider world study and a chronological unit that extends pupils knowledge beyond 1066. The National Curriculum does not have to be followed by academies.
The Stone Age to the Iron Age
- The Bronze Age: what was so special about copper and tin?
- Rethinking the Stone Age to Bronze Age
- The Standing Stone
- Teaching pre-history outside the classroom
- Our Iron Age challenge
- From the Iron Age to Robin Hood
Ancient Civilisations
- The potty timeline: an effective way of using timelines
- Making the children work for the information!
- Did all Ancient Greek women stay at home and weave?
- Making global connections through history
- Pull-out Posters: Primary History 73
- Pull-out Posters: Primary History 69
Roman Britain
- Using apps in the history curriculum
- One of my favourite history places: Chichester's Roman walls
- Ordinary Roman life
- One of my favourite history places: Hadrian's Wall
- What confuses primary children in history...
- From the Iron Age to Robin Hood
The Anglo-Saxons, Vikings & the Normans
- The Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings: push, pull, cause and consequence
- Pull-out Posters: Primary History 82
- One of my favourite history places: Durham Cathedral
- The Vikings: ruthless killers or peaceful settlers?
- Pull-out Posters: Primary History 76
- The gall nuts and lapis trail
Local Study
- Using a house for your local history study
- One of my favourite history places: Glastonbury
- Using the back cover image: Lest We Forget
- Teaching local history through a family
- One of my favourite history places: Durham Cathedral
- How significant is the tragic story of the SS Mendi?
World Study
- Trade and pilgrimage in the Abbasid Caliphate
- The potty timeline: an effective way of using timelines
- Muslim soldiers in World War I
- Why stop at the Tudors?
- World War I: widening relevance in the modern world
- Making sense of the Maya - an enquiry planned with skills and concepts in mind
Individuals & Events
- Up Pompeii: studying a significant event at Key Stage 1
- The history of medicine – warts and all – for Key Stage 2
- Three first-class ladies – teaching significant individuals in Key Stage 1
- Pull-out Posters: Primary History 81
- Ideas for Assemblies: A slightly different view of remembrance
- To boldly go: exploring the explorers
Living Memory
- Ideas for assemblies: LGBT History Month
- The Blitz: All we need to know about World War II?
- Using the back cover image: Lest We Forget
- Women in parliament since 1918
- World War I: widening relevance in the modern world
- ‘So why did they go into hiding?’ Anne Frank in her historical and social context
Beyond 1066
- One of my favourite history places: Glastonbury
- Teaching local history through a family
- Elizabethan times: Just banquets and fun?
- For whose God, King and country? Seeing the First World War through South Asian eyes
- Dora Thewlis: Mill girl activist
- It worked for me: Knights and castles
Global Learning Programme
- Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning
- Global Learning November 2016
- Global Goals
- GLP Expert Centre Newsletter
- Global Learning July 2016
- Free Olympic-themed activities
Primary classroom posters
- Pull-out Posters: Primary History 81
- Pull-out Posters: Primary History 78
- Pull-out Posters: Primary History 76
- Pull-out Posters: Primary History 77
- Pull-out Posters: Primary History 75
- Pull-out Posters: Primary History 73
Assessment
- It worked for me: investing in dialogue as a tool for assessment
- Assessment and feedback in history
- Assessment and Progression without levels
- Progression from EYFS to Key Stage 3
- Progression & Assessment without Levels - Guide
- Assessment in Primary History - Guidance
Lessons & Exemplars
- Resources for courses: ideas for your history curriculum
- Three first-class ladies – teaching significant individuals in Key Stage 1
- ‘So why did they go into hiding?’ Anne Frank in her historical and social context
- Primary Teaching Methods
- Leading Primary History
- Background information for teachers