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
- Primary Teaching Methods
- Leading Primary History
- Background information for teachers
- About Nuffield Primary History
Exemplars & Study Units
- ‘So why did they go into hiding?’ Anne Frank in her historical and social context
- Teaching the Ancient Greeks
- Victorian Britain
- Outline plan using key questions: Vikings example
- Romans, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings
- Teaching Romans, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings in Britain
Lessons - Key Stage 1
- Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London (KS1)
- Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London (KS1) more lessons
- The Great Plague of London (KS1)
- Gunpowder plot at key stage 1
- Roman market (KS1 or KS2)
- Roman Baths
Lessons - Britain since the 1930s
- Scheme of Work: The Blitz: all we need to know about World War II?
- Britain since 1930: a brief history
- Propaganda and its power
- Jarrow Crusade
- Evacuees: Children during World War II
- World War II medals at KS2 and Remembrance Day
Lessons - The World Wars
- The Blitz - Lesson Ideas - Film
- Propaganda and its power
- Evacuees: Children during World War II
- Children in the Second World War
- World War II medals at KS2 and Remembrance Day
- Remembrance Day at KS1
Lessons - Tudors & Stuarts
- The Great Fire of London
- Teaching the Tudors in the New 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
Ancient Greece, Egypt, Sumeria & the Aztecs
- Teaching the Ancient Greeks
- Citizenship in Ancient Greece: case study
- Ancient Egypt
- Storytelling: Socrates, Alcibiades, and Athenian democracy
- Visual image: boxing boys fresco from Ancient Greece
- The Tomb of Tutankhamun
Lessons - The Victorians
- EYFS Medium Term Plan - Toys and Games
- Victorian Britain
- Victorian Britain: a brief history
- Introducing the Empire through coins
- Investigating Victorian mining disasters
- Brunel and Clifton Suspension Bridge
Lessons - Urban Spaces
- Gordon & Woburn Squares
- Urban spaces cross-curricular work: Art & Design
- Urban spaces near you: cross-curricular work
- Urban spaces
- Urban spaces cross-curricular work: Literacy
- Urban spaces: inner-city Leeds