Lessons & Exemplars
The Nuffield Primary History project developed a range of approaches and techniques for doing history with children, between and 1991 and 2009. The resources produced by the project are all real lessons which have been taught by real teachers. They include guidance on teaching and examples of children's work. Many of the lessons have been developed by teachers as part of their continuing professional development. A narrative style was used to describe the lesson and what happened. Read more
Teaching Methods & Leading Primary History
Exemplars & Study Units
- ‘So why did they go into hiding?’ Anne Frank in her historical and social context
- Victorian Britain: short lessons and exemplars
- Teaching the Ancient Greeks: an introduction
- Teaching Romans, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings in Britain
- Romans, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings
- Outline plan using key questions: Vikings example
Lessons - Key Stage 1
- Three first-class ladies – teaching significant individuals in Key Stage 1
- Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London (KS1)
- Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London (KS1) - more lessons
- Gunpowder plot at key stage 1
- The Great Plague of London (KS1)
- Roman Baths
Lessons - Britain since the 1930s
- Scheme of work: Significant historical events, people and places in their own locality
- Take one day: undertaking an in-depth local enquiry
- Scheme of Work: The Blitz: all we need to know about World War II?
- Changes within Living Memory
- World War II medals at KS2 and Remembrance Day
- Children in the Second World War
Lessons - The World Wars
- The Blitz - Lesson Ideas - Film
- World War II medals at KS2 and Remembrance Day
- Children in the Second World War
- Evacuees: Children during World War II
- Propaganda and its power
- Remembrance Day at KS1
Lessons - Tudors & Stuarts
- The Great Fire of London and the National Curriculum
- Teaching and learning about Grace O'Malley as a significant woman at Key Stage 1
- Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London (KS1)
- Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London (KS1) - more lessons
- Queen Elizabeth I
- Investigating Henry VIII
Ancient Greece, Egypt, Sumeria & the Aztecs
- Teaching the Ancient Greeks: an introduction
- Citizenship in Ancient Greece: case study
- Visual image: boxing boys fresco from Ancient Greece
- Storytelling: Socrates, Alcibiades, and Athenian democracy
- Ancient Egypt
- Aztec Experience
Lessons - The Victorians
- EYFS Medium Term Plan - Toys and Games
- Resources for courses: ideas for your history curriculum
- Victorian Britain: short lessons and exemplars
- Victorian Britain: a brief history
- Introducing the Empire through coins
- Investigating Victorian mining disasters
Lessons - Urban Spaces
- Urban spaces
- Urban spaces near you: cross-curricular work
- Urban spaces cross-curricular work: Art & Design
- Gordon & Woburn Squares
- Urban spaces cross-curricular work: Literacy
- Urban spaces cross-curricular work: Science