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- GCSE History
October 3, 2024 Getting your priorities right at the start...
- Raising Attainment at Key Stage 4
For the moment you might like to look at the downloadable...
- Long Term Planning for History at Key Stage 1
You may not want history always to be taught in half-term...
- Eric The Evacuee
Now ask the children to stay in role and to stand in a line...
- Why Was This World War One Painting Censored
This deceptively simple lesson asks penetrating questions...
- The Mystery of The Empty Saxon Grave
At the end of the lesson if you are looking for a more...
- What Made Runaway Slaves Successful
Now give pupils a set of 5 adverts chosen from The Geography...
- Florence Nightingale KS1
The lesson finishes by asking pupils to imagine a letter...
- GCSE History
Explorers and adventurers. Year 2. 8 lessons. Get fully sequenced teaching resources and lesson plans in KS1 History.
Free teacher classroom videos and resources suitable for use in History lessons with primary school children at Key Stage 1 and 2 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and at 1st and 2nd Level ...
- Go on A Gallery Walk
- Introduce Content-Specific Vocabulary Words
- Make A Timeline
- Sorting Activities
- Make Butter!
- How Vehicles Travel
- Digital Task Cards
- Worksheets
Before we started to learn about life long ago, I wanted to see what they already knew about the topic. Instead of just asking them or giving them a pre-test to gauge what they know, we went on a Gallery Walk! I printed out pictures of artifacts from long ago and now and had students write what the object was and how it was used. Some of my student...
Some of my students didn’t know the meaning of the words “past”, “present” or “inkwell.” When I used those words, I made sure to hold up a picture card so they can see it. These words are essential for students to compare how living in the past is different now so having the picture card displayed as I read about it helped increase their comprehens...
We also made a timeline! My kinders (and likely most primary learners) struggled with the concept of past, present, and future. One of the activities we did was we wrote a book about something we did in the past, activity or action that we are doing now and will do in the future.
If you follow my blog, you know that I LOVE engaging my students in sorting activities. Sorting is a great way to assess whether students grasp concepts by sorting them into categories.
My students enjoyed making butter so much that half of my students made butter home with their parents! First, we read a book on Pebble Go about how technology has changed. We learned that people primarily made their food at home in the past and did not go to the grocery store or restaurant that we do now. So, we made butter to learn how people coo...
Next, we explored how vehicles traveled long ago and now…by making a puppet show! First, we discussed how they thought a person that wanted to go overseas got there long ago. They had a lot to say! We learned that long ago it took longer for people to get places and that due to technological advances, people can travel to different places faster th...
Digital Task Cards are a great way to gauge what your students know about a topic. To explain briefly, task cards are a set of cards that have a question or a task written on them. Students record their answers on a recording sheet. Digital Task Cards are cards that use technology. I used them for post-assessments. What I like about these task card...
There’s many worksheets and writing booklets you can use! You can do a google search or purchase this resource here. If you would like to have these resources please click the link to purchase: There are so many learning opportunities you can provide your students! What are some are your favorite social studies activities? Let me know in the commen...
Take control of a Norse God or Goddess and lead your Vikings as they raid and trade their way from AD750 to 1066. Argo the dog is missing! Help to find him in an adventure with mythical creatures ...
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Key Stage 1 Changes within Living Memory. A Day in the Life. Explore different aspects of everyday life, from domestic life, such as clothes and how to wash them, through to school life. Look at the impact of technology and differences related to changes in roles and tasks. Experience a school day as it would have been in the fifties.
