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
- Exploring the Rollright Stones as part of your Stone Age to Iron Age study
- How did a volcano affect life in the Bronze Age?
- Scheme of Work: Stone Age to Iron Age
- Film: Teaching Prehistory
- Historical fiction: it’s all made up, isn’t it?
- Turning technology: making life better in Iron Age Britain
Ancient Civilisations
- Ancient Sumer: the cradle of civilisation
- Language and communication in the ancient world
- Historical fiction: it’s all made up, isn’t it?
- Scheme of Work: Comparing Ancient Civilisations
- The potty timeline: an effective way of using timelines
- Making the children work for the information!
Roman Britain
- Developing a big picture of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
- Teaching the Romans in Britain: a study focusing on Hadrian’s Wall
- 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
The Anglo-Saxons, Vikings & the Normans
- Developing a big picture of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
- Storytelling the past
- Blending history and creative writing: imagining a lost Anglo-Saxon poem
- One of my favourite history places: Studland Village
- Scheme of Work: Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Scots settlement in Britain
- Film: Making sense of the Vikings
Local Study
- How to make a toy museum
- Exploring the Rollright Stones as part of your Stone Age to Iron Age study
- Exploring empire, artefacts and local history
- Using trade directories: reconstructing life 100 years ago
- One of my favourite history places: the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum
- Census 2021: using the census in the history classroom
World Study
- Ancient Sumer: the cradle of civilisation
- Exploring the spices of the east: how curry got to our table
- Ankhu and Nebu of Deir el Medina
- The Kingdom of Benin 1500-1750
- Trade and pilgrimage in the Abbasid Caliphate
- The potty timeline: an effective way of using timelines
Individuals & Events
- Pull-out posters: Primary History 88 – Diversity
- Arthur Wharton: the world’s first professional black footballer
- Anniversary: Festival of Britain 1951
- Sources for the Great Fire of London and its context
- Film: The Great Fire of London
- Belmont’s evacuee children: a local history project
Living Memory
- Teaching Gypsy, Roma and Traveller history
- How to make a toy museum
- Anniversary: Festival of Britain 1951
- Changes in an aspect of social history from 1945 to 2000: youth culture
- Fifty years ago we lost the need to know our twelve times tables
- Belmont’s evacuee children: a local history project
Beyond 1066
- Exploring empire, artefacts and local history
- Arthur Wharton: the world’s first professional black footballer
- Sources for the Great Fire of London and its context
- Pull-out posters: Primary History 88 – Diversity
- Census 2021: using the census in the history classroom
- One of my favourite history places: Eyam
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 87
- Pull-out posters: Primary History 86
- Pull-out Posters: Primary History 81
- Pull-out Posters: Primary History 78
- Pull-out Posters: Primary History 76
- Pull-out Posters: Primary History 77
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