Welcome to the History pages.
Look at the General History ideas and resources listed below.
You can also use the links in the bar above to browse around the other History pages.

General History:

• Classroom Timeline - Make a great display to remember what has happened in the school year.
• Creative History - Suggestions for making your history lessons more exciting and memorable.
• Follow the Time Trail - Let your children visit the Time Trail web-site and try some of the activities which are related to it (links and ideas included).
• Ordering Events - Ask children to order historical events using this simple technique.
• Historical Documentaries - Bring History to life, and record a documentary about your chosen historical topic.
• Britain Under Attack Timeline - A PDF timeline of events which pulls together the theme of invasion throughout the KS2 history scheme of work. Very useful! Contributed by Louise Ward.
• The Great Fire of London - A medium term plan linked to the Great Fire of London, designed for Year 2. Contributed by Helen Crompton.
• Castle Parts - Describe the purpose of the different parts of a castle. Select your photograph, zoom in on the area of the castle, add a pointer and then write a description. Contributed by PurpleMash.
• Seaside Changes - How have seaside holidays changed over time? Use the photographs to help you compare and contrast here. Contributed by PurpleMash.
• Jeopardy! - A brilliant way of revising topics already covered (in almost any subject)
• Historical Clothing - After your children have learnt about historical clothing, let them design their own (worksheet included)
• History Pictionary - Use this popular game to support your teaching in History!

Finding out about History through different sources:

• Learning about People - Encourage your pupils to think about how we learn about people from the past.
• Looking at Historical Objects - Use this worksheet to focus children's attention on different aspects of historical objects.
• Becoming an Archaeologist - Encourage children to think about how we have found out about the past using this practical idea.
• Our Architectural Heritage - Learn about the architecture of buildings by looking at your local area, or looking in reference books. Links with Geography.

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Submit your own History Idea!

These contributions are moderated, so they may not appear to other visitors immediately. All ideas submitted here may be added to their own dedicated page on the site at a later date. Please leave your name so that I can credit your contribution, if you would like me to.

You can also submit ideas and resources via email, or using this form.

Links to other sites:

• The Time Trail -"The Time Trail" is an excellent site, created by the children and teachers at Nettlesworth Primary School. It contains lots of useful information about different periods of time. A great resource for teachers and children to use for research.
• Mrs. Lincoln - Find out all about America's first 'First Lady' at this informative site.
• Heritage Explorer - A useful site by English Heritage and the National Monuments Record, which gives you access to thousands of images and lesson ideas all for free.
• Civil War Virtual Field Trip - Lots of information and activities to try, linked to the American Civil War.
• National Archives Learning Curve - A set of very useful resources for KS1 and KS2.
• Quizam - This is a compelling computer-based assessment tool that uses quizzes to challenge pupils in a wide range of subject areas. Also allows you to make your own quizzes.

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