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
- Turning technology: making life better in Iron Age Britain
- 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
Ancient Civilisations
- Scheme of Work: Comparing 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?
- Pull-out Posters: Primary History 73
- Pull-out Posters: Primary History 69
Roman Britain
- Using apps in the history curriculum
- Lecture: Life at the edge of the Roman Empire
- 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...
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
- Teaching local history through a family
- Using the back cover image: Lest We Forget
- One of my favourite history places: Durham Cathedral
- Using role-play to develop young children’s understanding of the past
World Study
- Trade and pilgrimage in the Abbasid Caliphate
- The potty timeline: an effective way of using timelines
- Muslim soldiers in World War I
- World War I: widening relevance in the modern world
- Why stop at the Tudors?
- An Outline History of Benin for KS2
Individuals & Events
- Scheme of Work: Grace O'Malley
- Teaching sensitive subjects: slavery and Britain’s role in the trade
- Historical anniversaries calendar
- Up Pompeii: studying a significant event at Key Stage 1
- The history of medicine – warts and all – for Key Stage 2
- Pull-out Posters: Primary History 81
Living Memory
- The Phoney War: teaching WWII
- The Blitz: All we need to know about World War II?
- Ideas for assemblies: LGBT History Month
- Using the back cover image: Lest We Forget
- Women in parliament since 1918
- World War I: widening relevance in the modern world
Beyond 1066
- Teaching sensitive subjects: slavery and Britain’s role in the trade
- Making the most of a census
- One of my favourite history places: Glastonbury
- Teaching local history through a family
- Elizabethan times: Just banquets and fun?
- Dora Thewlis: Mill girl activist
Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning
- Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning
- Teaching about the climate emergency
- Global Learning November 2016
- Global Learning July 2016
- Teaching history and geography together in a meaningful way
- Using Folktales, Myths and Legends
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
- Assessment and feedback in history
- It worked for me: investing in dialogue as a tool for assessment
- Assessment and Progression without levels
- Progression from EYFS to Key Stage 3
- Assessment in Primary History - Guidance
- Progression & Assessment without Levels - Guide
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
- Leading Primary History
- Primary Teaching Methods
- Background information for teachers