Transition KS2-KS3

Historical Association surveys show that when it comes to transition from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3, only around 6% of primary and secondary schools work together or share information concerning history. This often results in secondary schools being unaware of what children from their primary feeder schools know and can do in history and sometimes children moving into year 7 can feel like they are taking a step backward. In this section, you will find articles that will help you to think about and plan for history transition as well as supportive project resources that could form the basis of a history transition project with secondary schools.

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  • Walter Tull: Sport, War and Challenging Adversity

    Article

    Schemes of work and resource packs  Produced by the Northamptonshire Black History Association and originally published in 2008, these packs comprise a teachers' resource book and a schemes of work booklet of 10 activities for teachers to use in the classroom. The resource book contains a description of how to use this resource,...

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  • Was Boudicca Britain's first hero?

    Multipage Article

    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. This unit centres on Queen Boudicca. While factual knowledge about her life and the Roman occupation are an essential component of the unit, the main focus is on contrasting interpretations of Boudicca over time and exploration of the reasons behind her...

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  • What makes good primary history?

    Article

    This is the 5th in a series of 5 sessions arising from the 2005 KS2-KS3 History Transitions Project: Transition training session 1: Historical Enquiries & Interpretations Transition training session 2: Using ICT in the teaching of history Transition training session 3: Extended writing in history Transition training session 4: Joan of Arc -...

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  • Working with Boudicca texts - contemporary, juvenile and scholarly

    Article

    Please note: this article was written before the the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may now be outdated. Robert Guyver describes a model for teaching Boudicca’s rebellion to pupils aged 7 to 13. Drawing on the tradition of critical source evaluation, he nonetheless shuns aspects of that tradition in favour of...

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