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  • Queen Elizabeth I

      Lesson Plan
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. What might Queen Elizabeth have been like? Pupils study two documentary sources giving descriptions of Queen Elizabeth I. You need to download two Resources documents (attached below) Then pupils studied the Armada portrait of Queen Elizabeth I and considered factors involved...
    Queen Elizabeth I
  • Teaching and learning about Grace O'Malley as a significant woman at Key Stage 1

      Article
    "Why are you so angry Grace?" Teaching and learning about Grace O'Malley as a significant woman at Key Stage 1 Grace O'Malley was an Irish queen in the Tudor period and her story provides insights about life in Ireland at the time of the Elizabethan conquests. Grace, also known as...
    Teaching and learning about Grace O'Malley as a significant woman at Key Stage 1
  • The Spanish Armada

      Lesson Plan
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. This is a highly interactive and stimulating simulation for years 3 and 4, and a very effective way of involving children in a range of issues. We introduced the story of the Armada, outlining the main parties involved and the nature...
    The Spanish Armada
  • Tudor World Lessons

      Article
    Please note: these resources pre-date the 2014 National Curriculum. Lessons available on this site. See also these short lesson exemplars: Finding out about Tudor life from topic books, Columbus a hero? (discussion and debate) and Columbus (story-telling). Lessons ReformationHow the Tudors came to PowerQueen Elizabeth ITudor Portraits: Who am I?Spanish...
    Tudor World Lessons
  • Tudor Portraits: Who am I?

      Lesson Plan
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. ‘Who am I?' - what can we tell about this person from the clothes he/she is wearing? Pupils use pictures and portraits as evidence for social diversity of Tudor life. Pupils write pen portraits of characters, extending their vocabulary with the...
    Tudor Portraits: Who am I?
  • Britain and the Wider World in Tudor Times

      Reference
    The wider world: The Tudors ruled Britain during a fascinating and fast-changing century. Europe emerged from the Middle Ages, and Europeans sailed across the oceans, reaching the East, discovering the New World of America, establishing colonies, and circumnavigating the world for the first time (Ferdinand Magellan in 1517, and Francis...
    Britain and the Wider World in Tudor Times
  • Scheme of work: Significant historical events, people and places in their own locality

      Primary history scheme of work, Key Stage 1 (unresourced)
    Children can be introduced to the idea that schools have been in the locality for some time but they have not always been the same. They can look at similarities and differences, as well as be introduced to some of the events that affected the schools. The theme allows children...
    Scheme of work: Significant historical events, people and places in their own locality
  • 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
  • Lessons with strong literacy links

      Lessons
    Please note: these resources pre-date the 2014 National Curriculum. All history lessons have literacy links. The following lessons on this website have particularly strong links with literacy and the Literacy Hour. Urban spaces near you - cross-curricular work history, literacy, art & design, and science The Aztec experience persuasion genre: producing...
    Lessons with strong literacy links
  • Magic History of Roman Britain

      Article
    Please note: this lesson was produced as part of the Nuffield Primary History project (1991-2009) and pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum.  The Magic History of Roman Britain by Jon Nichol provides a great deal of information about life in Roman Britain in story form. It tells the story of Sam and Jane,...
    Magic History of Roman Britain
  • Evacuees: Children during World War II

      Lesson Plan
    This resource is free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of teachers and subject leaders, join the Historical Association today This was a series of three lessons completed in the...
    Evacuees: Children during World War II
  • Discussion and debate exemplar: Columbus: was he a hero?

      Short Lesson Exemplar
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. Lynn Cowell's Year 2 class had been doing a topic on a famous person from the past: Christopher Columbus. It began with a story and picture sequencing, followed by some research into the life of Columbus. Lynn had invited Ray Verrier...
    Discussion and debate exemplar: Columbus: was he a hero?
  • Changes within Living Memory

      Reference guide for primary
    This resource is free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of teachers and subject leaders, join the Historical Association today Overview  Post-1930s Britain has been transformed by a technological revolution...
    Changes within Living Memory
  • ‘So why did they go into hiding?’ Anne Frank in her historical and social context

      Primary History article
    All too often Anne Frank becomes a symbol, used to show ‘the triumph of hope over evil’, even though she was killed during the Holocaust. Sometimes she is quoted utterly out of context to provide uplifting sentiments, or short phrases with redemptive messages.  What this lesson sets out to do...
    ‘So why did they go into hiding?’ Anne Frank in her historical and social context
  • Remembrance Day at KS1

      Lesson Plan
    Famous event in the past This lesson introduces a famous event in the past through personal family history. (These resources are attached below) The photograph of Angela's grandfather, and the surrounding illustrations, provided a direct route into discussions about remembrance and war, then ranged wider still. The children's literacy was...
    Remembrance Day at KS1
  • Urban spaces cross-curricular work: History

      Lesson Plan
    Please note: these free resources pre-date the 2014 National Curriculum. This is part of a set of subject areas also covering Science, Literacy and Art & Design. This section covers Citizenship too - see the 'Upstairs downstairs' material. See Cross-curricular learning Public spaces offer a range of opportunities for children's learning, and can...
    Urban spaces cross-curricular work: History
  • Scheme of Work: The Blitz: all we need to know about World War II?

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (resourced)
    This unit provides children with the opportunity to look at the Second World War as an aspect of British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066. This 8-part enquiry is useable in full or to use sections of as stand alone shorter enquiries. Pupils will be encouraged to examine different...
    Scheme of Work: The Blitz: all we need to know about World War II?
  • Victorian Britain: a brief history

      Reference guide for primary
    Victorian era | Questions | Industrial revolution | Social reforms | Empire | Teaching the Victorians | Citizenship | Victorian achievements | Key concepts < This resource is free for everyone For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and...
    Victorian Britain: a brief history
  • Teaching the Ancient Greeks: an introduction

      Reference guide
    This resource is free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of teachers and subject leaders, join the Historical Association today Please note: this guide was written before the new National Curriculum...
    Teaching the Ancient Greeks: an introduction
  • Famous People: Florence Nightingale (KS1)

      Lesson Plan
    The life of a famous person from the past and why she acted as she did Florence Nightingale: her life, why she went to the Crimea, and what happened as a result of her work. Cross-curricular work: this lesson stretches and challenges all children, regardless of their ability, whilst teaching...
    Famous People: Florence Nightingale (KS1)
  • Story-telling and discussion: KS1 exemplar: Columbus the explorer

      Short Lesson Exemplar
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum. Setting the scene: what is an explorer? This resource is free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of teachers and subject...
    Story-telling and discussion: KS1 exemplar: Columbus the explorer
  • Flight

      Lesson Plan
    Please note: this resource pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. Download the attached lessons below. Cross-curricular lessons in History, Science, and Design & Technology: the story of Icarus and his flight to the Sun (is this possible?), the story of the Montgolfier brothers and their...
    Flight
  • 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
  • Ancient Egypt

      Reference guide for primary
    This resource is free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of teachers and subject leaders, join the Historical Association today Please note: this guide was written before the new National Curriculum...
    Ancient Egypt
  • Roman Britain: a brief history

      Reference guide for primary
    This resource is free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of teachers and subject leaders, join the Historical Association today From the founding of the city of Rome in the...
    Roman Britain: a brief history