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Ancient Greek Myths
Lesson Plan
In this lesson on the Greek myths, the children used stories as a starting point for historical research, and gained an understanding that the past can be represented and interpreted in different ways.
They identified the key points in a text, and selected and record information relevant to the focus...
Ancient Greek Myths
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Ancient Greek Ideas: Science
Lesson Plan
Cross-curricular History and Science in the Literacy Hour
*(These resources are attached below)
Imagining what Greek science and a Greek science lesson at KS2 would be like
With the children raising questions and examining Ancient Greek ideas about our origins, this lesson has the potential to range widely and be...
Ancient Greek Ideas: Science
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Outline plan using key questions: Vikings example
A Series of Lessons (KS2)
Overall key question: Who were the Vikings?
Lesson 1
Key question: What can a case study tell us about the Vikings?
Content Building on prior knowledge - what the children knew and what they wanted to know.Digging up a burial mound on the Isle of Man, and discovering many aspects...
Outline plan using key questions: Vikings example
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World War II medals at KS2 and Remembrance Day
Lesson Plan
Where World War 2 took placeI wanted the year 5 children to understand World War II in a wider context than just the Home Front in Britain. After reading the lesson on
World War II medals at KS2 and Remembrance Day
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The Tomb of Tutankhamun
Lesson Plan
How was Tutankhamun's tomb discovered?
Using a photograph as a source of historical information.
(These resources are attached below)
The lesson aims were for children to:
understand the circumstances surrounding the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb
develop their skills in scanning, observing and focusing, and questioning
use sources to find out...
The Tomb of Tutankhamun
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Introducing the Empire through coins
Lesson Plan
This coins lesson introduces children to the complex and controversial subject of the British Empire in a practical, hands-on way.
(These resources are attached below)
The lesson can stand alone or form an introduction to an in-depth study of empire, immigration and emigration. It overlaps usefully with geography and citizenship....
Introducing the Empire through coins
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Theseus and the Minotaur
Lesson Plan
The year 5/6 lessons were planned around interpretations of history, incorporating myths and legends for a cross-curricular approach.
The story of Theseus and the Minotaur formed an excellent starting point for an investigation of the Knossos palace, with a focus on the archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans' interpretation of the palace...
Theseus and the Minotaur
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Magellan at KS1
Lesson Plan
The Year 2 story of Magellan and his voyage round the world. The lessons provided part of the history and geography element in a wider topic on ‘Water'.
(These resources are attached below)
The teaching was done through the powerful medium of storytelling. The first session was taken up by...
Magellan at KS1
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Grace Darling
Lesson Plan
I taught a short history topic on Grace Darling, using a painting as the main focus, to encourage evidence-based learning. The painting depicts Grace and her father rowing towards the rocks where the remains of the Forfarshire are resting, with the lighthouse in the distance.
The speaking and listening elements...
Grace Darling
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Storytelling: Socrates, Alcibiades, and Athenian democracy
Lesson Plan
Nigel Parker's Year 5 class had just made a start on the Ancient Greeks. In this lesson we began with Athenian democracy, where the free adult male citizens decided everything, even ostracizing generals they didn't like.The story of SocratesI told the children some of the story of Socrates, who taught...
Storytelling: Socrates, Alcibiades, and Athenian democracy
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Chronology exemplar: overview of Britain since 1930
Exemplar
History co-ordinator Sharon Amess helped a student teacher in the Year 6 class with the Britain since 1930 unit. They decided to introduce the topic with a timeline, followed by group research into elements of British life since 1930, decade by decade.Timescales discussionPlacing photographs along a timeline helped the children...
Chronology exemplar: overview of Britain since 1930
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Story-telling and simulation exemplar: The Great Exeter Fish War of 1309
Exemplar
The lesson was taught to 44 Year 3 children in a first school in Exeter. It describes how a story was used to introduce a local history unit, and how we followed it up. To begin, we sat the children on the carpet and told them John Hooker's story about...
Story-telling and simulation exemplar: The Great Exeter Fish War of 1309
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Pyramid building
Lesson Plan
How did the ancient Egyptians build the pyramids?
This lesson on pyramid-building includes visual, auditory and kinaesthetic learning activities catering for a range of learning styles and abilities.
There are links with Science, Maths, and DT.
For background information see Building the Great Pyramid on the BBC website.
(These resources...
Pyramid building
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Aztec Experience
Lesson Plan
Take a holiday with the Aztecs! Children design holiday brochures.
History providing a context for literacy. Demonstration and modelling of the holiday brochure genre, and the transfer of understanding of the generic form into an historical context.
Pupils produced their own brochures giving information about life in the Aztec capital,...
Aztec Experience
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Propaganda and its power
Lesson Plan
My Year 6 class were studying Britain since 1930.
I wanted the class to understand the power of propaganda, and of how convincing it could be. The values that underpin democracy were at the heart of the lessons featuring a fictional politician with controversial views, Mr Busterbank.
There was throughout...
Propaganda and its power
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The Iliad
Lesson Plan
The aims of this Iliad lesson for year 4/5 children are:
to develop an understanding of the weapons and tactics used in ancient Greek warfare
to be able to read and understand a challenging text and extract information from it.
Literacy objectives are to develop the children's skills in:
extracting...
The Iliad
