Periods
The content of the history curriculum can be arranged both by period and theme. In this section, we have arranged the content by chronological period. These periods are arranged according to the same date ranges given in the National Curriculum for ease of navigation by teachers who may be looking for specific content related to the taught curriculum. While the date ranges given in the National Curriculum are the subject of debate, they form a workable search tool.
Ancient
- Polychronicon 169: Herodotus
- “They Ought to Know the Achievements of the Ancient Greeks”
- Podcast series & associated scheme of work: An Introduction to Ancient Greek Religion
- Podcast Series: St Peter & Constantine
- Podcast: St Augustine of Hippo
- Mummy Mummy 157
Early Medieval
- Polychronicon 172: Health in the Middle Ages
- Exploring and Teaching Medieval History in Schools
- The Monarchies of Ferdinand and Isabella
- Teaching, learning and sharing medieval history for all
- Cunning Plan 163.2: Developing an A-level course in medieval history
- 1066: The Limits of our Knowledge
1066-1509
- Film: Creating a more positive interpretation of the Middle Ages at Key Stage 3
- The dialogic dimensions of knowing and understanding the Norman legacy in Chester
- How should women’s history be included at Key Stage 3?
- Cunning Plan 173: using Black Tudors as a window into Tudor England
- Triumphs Show 173: Teaching Black Tudors
- ‘I need to know…’: creating the conditions that make students want knowledge
1509-1745
- Cunning Plan 175: Using the England's Immigrants database
- Planning increasingly complex causal models at Key Stage 3
- Exploring the importance of local visits in developing wider narratives of change and continuity
- Cunning Plan 173: using Black Tudors as a window into Tudor England
- Triumphs Show 173: Teaching Black Tudors
- Seeing beyond the frame
1745-1901
- Using an anthology of substantial sources at GCSE
- Polychronicon 174: Votes for Women
- Peterloo: HA interview with Mike Leigh and Jacqueline Riding
- Cunning Plan 167: teaching the industrial revolution
- Why are you wearing a watch? Complicating narratives of economic and social progress
- Podcast Series: The Women's Movement
1901-present
- Inverting the telescope: investigating sources from a different perspective
- Triumphs Show 167: Keeping the 1960s complicated
- Thinking about… the Partition of British India in August 1947
- Polychronicon 167: The strange career of Richard Nixon
- 'I feel if I say this in my essay it’s not going to be as strong’
- Loyalty and dissent: South Asia in the First World War