The National Archives History Toolkit for Primary Schools
The National Archives History Toolkit for Primary Schools

Author: Clare Horrie

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2020-03-19

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 1472959345

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The ultimate companion to teaching history in primary schools. With instant access to genuine historical sources that can be downloaded from a companion website, accompanied by exciting lesson plans, activities and photocopiable worksheets for both Key Stages 1 and 2, The National Archives History Toolkit for Primary Schools is the essential manual for teaching history in the primary classroom. Teaching history using original sources is crucial to developing pupils' critical thinking skills and understanding of what history is all about. Each lesson in this go-to guide is based on an original historical source from The National Archives that has never seen the light of day in standard school history textbooks. This enables a unique enquiry-based approach to teaching history that will fascinate and inspire pupils and develop their historical knowledge. The historical sources can be previewed in the book and downloaded from a companion website, allowing them to be flexible teaching tools. Covering themes across the National Curriculum, including events of national importance, the lives of significant individuals, the changing power of monarchs, aspects of social history from past to present and significant turning points, this toolkit makes it possible for all primary teachers to bring history to life throughout Key Stages 1 and 2.

The National Archives History Toolkit for Primary Schools
The National Archives History Toolkit for Primary Schools

Author: Clare Horrie

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2020-03-19

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1472959361

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The ultimate companion to teaching history in primary schools. With instant access to genuine historical sources that can be downloaded from a companion website, accompanied by exciting lesson plans, activities and photocopiable worksheets for both Key Stages 1 and 2, The National Archives History Toolkit for Primary Schools is the essential manual for teaching history in the primary classroom. Teaching history using original sources is crucial to developing pupils' critical thinking skills and understanding of what history is all about. Each lesson in this go-to guide is based on an original historical source from The National Archives that has never seen the light of day in standard school history textbooks. This enables a unique enquiry-based approach to teaching history that will fascinate and inspire pupils and develop their historical knowledge. The historical sources can be previewed in the book and downloaded from a companion website, allowing them to be flexible teaching tools. Covering themes across the National Curriculum, including events of national importance, the lives of significant individuals, the changing power of monarchs, aspects of social history from past to present and significant turning points, this toolkit makes it possible for all primary teachers to bring history to life throughout Key Stages 1 and 2.

Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics: Teaching Primary History
Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics: Teaching Primary History

Author: Matthew Howorth

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-09-24

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1472920643

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A brand new series for primary teachers that provides a full guide to teaching a primary curriculum area, especially for non-specialists. The content is closely tied to the new curriculum, with extracts from the curriculum itself and lesson plans and teaching ideas for every area. The curriculum for History has drastically changed and this book will equip non-specialists to confidently deliver engaging and well-informed lessons. This is a very practical and easy to apply programme for teaching History either in your own classroom, or to implement across the school in the role of a co-ordinator.

National Archives and Records Administration: The Digital Classroom
National Archives and Records Administration: The Digital Classroom

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The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) presents the Digital Classroom, which offers suggestions for using archival documents in the classroom. The Digital Classroom provides reproducible primary documents with corresponding curriculum units, activities for doing research using the NARA Web site, document analysis worksheets, and more. The Digital Classroom includes activities for all grade levels.